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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. 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…
Registering land or property in England - first time registration, transfer of ownership, changing your details on the register, where to register in Scotland or Northern Ireland
This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg). You must register all…
Land or property must be registered for the first time if it’s…
You must apply to HM Land Registry to change the registered owner name for…
You must tell HM Land Registry if anything in the register changes or it…
How to register your medical devices with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for the markets in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Get on the electoral register so you can vote in elections and referendums.
An overview of Ofsted's registration process for adoption agencies, fostering agencies, children’s homes, residential family centres and residential holiday schemes for disabled children.
Apply for the Registered Traveller service to get through UK border control faster and without filling in a landing card
This guide explains what the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
Find registered designs in the UK
Find out how to register a birth - who can register, birth certificates
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
Information and guidance on registering land as a town or village green.
All private sector businesses that want to do building control work in England and Wales under the Building Act 1984 (as amended) must apply to register with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
How to register an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers, so it can buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK.
How to register for VAT, change your details, cancel your registration, register for VAT in EU countries.
Guidance for childcare providers on when you must register with Ofsted or a childminder agency, when you cannot register, and when you do not have to.
You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
Find out if a business has registered with HMRC under the money laundering regulations and report them if they have not.
Change name, address or agent on the design register or cancel your design
How to register a group of companies, company divisions, joint business ventures and business units for VAT and what to do if they change after registration.
How principal accountable persons, or someone authorised to act for them, can register a high-rise residential building in England.
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