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Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
Advice for manufacturers and retailers on textile labelling.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
Information for entertainers and musicians, from non-visa national countries, such as EU Member States and the US, visiting the UK for performance and work.
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
Check the tariff classification for an oval shaped article consisting of crocheted textile fabric.
Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 29 April 2024.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
Get endorsement and approval to apply for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a leader in arts and culture - architecture, fashion, film, television.
To protect your design outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
Get help to classify articles of leather and other items in chapter 42 of the tariff for import and export.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Find registered designs in the UK
Visit the UK as a Standard Visitor for tourism, business, study (courses up to 6 months), medical treatment and other activities. Find out whether you need a Standard Visitor visa, or can visit without a visa.
How to apply for the ECF, a grant available to companies working in the leather, textile, garment, and agro-processing industries.
Get help to classify footwear and parts of footwear for import and export.
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