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The Designs Act 1949 allows us to give directions in some areas, so that we can react quickly to change.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.
These statistics include monthly data for designs, patents, trade marks.
Find registered designs in the UK
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Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
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