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Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
Anyone has the right to object and challenge someone else’s design.
To protect your design outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
A selection of design codes, chosen by the advisory board to the Office for Place, that demonstrate good practice.
The team capabilities available on the Digital Outcomes framework.
Guidance on promoting healthy and safe communities.
The Office for Place are looking to work with local authorities who have an adopted design code and are keen to update or expand it.
Check a list of software developers who can provide Customs Declaration Service and Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) software.
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
Information for developing and testing of software for HMRC forms, returns and messages.
Information and resources for developers about broadband infrastructure and connectivity requirements for new homes.
Design, build and operate APIs in a consistent way
Intellectual property research publications commissioned by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) covering designs.
Learn how to check if your website or mobile app is accessible.
Evaluation and case studies from the first phase of our design code pilots.
List of developers who have pledged to commit to remediate life critical fire safety works in buildings over 11 metres.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
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