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View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years

The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.

• Updated: 18 September 2024

Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.

• Overview

  A design registration helps protect the appearance of a product, such as…

• Before you apply

  Search the following design registers to check if anyone else has…

• Prepare your application

  You must prepare detailed illustrations of your design. You can include up…

• Send your application

  You must have illustrations of your design before you can apply to…

• After you apply

  The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will examine your application. If…

• When your design is registered

  Once your design is registered it will be published in the journal of…

Find registered designs in the UK

Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.

• Updated: 20 December 2023

Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.

• Updated: 15 February 2022

How to apply for a full or partial completion certificate after building work on a higher-risk building has been completed.

• Updated: 27 March 2025

• Updated: 30 June 2022

Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.

• Updated: 2 February 2026

Civil Society Challenge Fund Annual Report 2013 template.