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Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document O, which sets standards for reducing overheating risk in new residential buildings.
How to use an interrupted time series to evaluate your digital health product.
Outline of the design approach taken to various aspects of the baseline designs
Evaluation and case studies from the first phase of our design code pilots.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
To protect your design outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Product Safety Alert for angle grinder toothed saw blade attachments presenting a risk of serious injury or fatality. Consumers, local authority trading standards and businesses are asked to take specific action to cease use or remove them from the market.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
Product Safety Report for Jusfit Angle Grinder presenting a high risk of electric shock, fire and explosion.
Product safety report for angle grinder chainsaw disc presenting a serious risk of injuries.
Product Safety Report for angle grinder chainsaw discs purchased via eBay presenting a risk of serious injury and fatality.
Design your service using GOV.UK styles, components and patterns.
The Designs Act 1949 allows us to give directions in some areas, so that we can react quickly to change.
The Design Council was a non-departmental public body of BIS, but is now an independent organisation
A selection of design codes, chosen by the advisory board to the Office for Place, that demonstrate good practice.
Collection of European Trade Mark and Design Network common practice notices.
Benefit from your design by licensing, mortgaging, selling, changing ownership and exploit by marketing.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have protected their designs to help create value from their ideas.
Intellectual property research publications commissioned by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) covering designs.
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