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Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
Find registered designs in the UK
Guidance on creating design codes that promote the creation of successful places as set out in the National Model Design Code.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
This guide illustrates how well-designed places that are beautiful, enduring and successful can be achieved in practice.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
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The government’s response to the Commission’s ‘Living with Beauty’ report, on how to promote and increase the use of high-quality design for new build homes and neighbourhoods.
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.
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
Descriptions and drawings of various baseline designs for primary and secondary schools
How to use an interrupted time series to evaluate your digital health product.
The commission was an independent body that advised government on how to promote and increase the use of high-quality design for new build homes and neighbourhoods.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
The Designs Act 1949 allows us to give directions in some areas, so that we can react quickly to change.
The Commission was convened to advise government on how to promote and increase the use of high-quality design for new build homes and neighbourhoods.
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