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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. Illustrations…
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…
Find registered designs in the UK
Get endorsement and approval to apply for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a leader in arts and culture - architecture, fashion, film, television.
With a Global Talent visa you can work in the UK, if you are a leader or…
You can apply for an endorsement as either a: leader in your field (called…
You can apply for an endorsement if you work in: film television animation…
You can ask for a review if you do not think your endorsement application…
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as provide benefits to woodland owners and society.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
Information about the UK Rare Diseases Framework.
A selection of design codes, chosen by the advisory board to the Office for Place, that demonstrate good practice.
Standardised designs demonstrating the application of the Department for Education’s employer's requirements for a primary, secondary and special school.
Government temporarily blocks 500-year-old sculpture from being taken out of the UK
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