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Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Check if an item of upholstered domestic seating is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
A design registration helps protect the appearance of a product, such as…
Search the following design registers to check if anyone else has…
You must prepare detailed illustrations of your design. You can include up…
You must have illustrations of your design before you can apply to…
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will examine your application. If…
Once your design is registered it will be published in the journal of…
Get help to classify various types of wood for import and export.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Check the tariff classification for furniture rollers consisting of a wood-based panel, metal brackets, plastic rollers and plastic anti-slip pads.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
Located in London’s East End, the Museum of the Home depicts the quintessential style of English middle-class living rooms. Its collections of furniture, textiles, paintings and decorative arts are displayed in a series of period rooms from 1600 to the...
Guides councils in preparing planning policies on housing for older and disabled people.
Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
Get help to classify ceramic articles for import and export.
Guidance documents and tools to help with the design and construction of school and further education college buildings and grounds.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
You can claim a relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you are importing or presenting a decoration or award in the UK.
Find out which items you can or cannot claim a VAT refund for under the DIY Housebuilders' Scheme.
You can renew a registered design or restore a design that's expired with the Intellectual Property Office
Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
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