Protect how your product looks
A UK registered design protects the appearance of a product: its shape, pattern, decoration or packaging. We check your illustrations, file the application at UKIPO and send you the registration.
A filing service, not legal advice. We are not UKIPO. UKIPO decides whether to register a design; we cannot promise it will, or that it will stop every copy.
- You make or sell a product with its own look: furniture, homeware, toys, jewellery, bags and accessories, clothing prints, lighting, packaging.
- You sell on Amazon, Etsy or your own shop, and copies of your product are a risk.
- You have a surface pattern (wallpaper, textiles, gift wrap) and want to own it.
A trademark protects your brand name or logo. A design protects the product itself. Many sellers need both.
£209 (about $280 / €250) for one design: our fee £149 + UKIPO's fee £60 (at cost).
Each extra design in the same application: our £40. UKIPO charges £85 for up to 10 designs. For example, 3 designs cost £314 in total (about $420 / €375) and 10 designs £594. More than 10: we quote.
No VAT is charged on our fees. Renewal after 5 years is a UKIPO fee of £85 for the first renewal.
- You order and tell us how many designs and what products they are for.
- You email us the illustrations for each design (we send you the address with your order reference).
- We check them against UKIPO's rules and ask you about anything that could cause a problem, such as when the design was first shown publicly.
- You approve the application. We file nothing until you approve.
- We file it with UKIPO and send you the receipt. UKIPO says you get a decision within 2 weeks. Once registered, the design is published and you get the registration number.
- Photos, line drawings or CAD images, all of the same type (all photos, or all drawings).
- One view per file (front, back, sides, top, underneath): up to 12 views per design. JPG, PNG, GIF or TIFF, up to 4 MB each.
- The design alone on a plain background: no hands, no other objects, no text or measurements, in focus and without shadows hiding detail.
- For a surface pattern, the whole pattern and how it repeats.
- Tell us if part of what is shown is not part of the design (for example, the colour), so we can add a disclaimer.
- It must be new. A design can be registered if it is new and gives a different overall impression from earlier designs.
- 12 months of grace. If you first showed or sold the design yourself less than 12 months ago, you can still register it. After that, it is too late.
- It is public. Registered designs, and the owner's name and address, are published online.
- 5 to 25 years. A registration lasts 5 years and can be renewed every 5 years, up to 25.
What does a registered design protect?
How a product looks: its shape, configuration, decoration, colour or pattern. It does not protect how the product works.
Can I register a design I have already shown or sold?
Yes, if you first made it public less than 12 months before you apply. After 12 months it is no longer new.
How many designs do I need?
Each different version (a different shape, pattern or decoration) is a separate design. Several can go in one application, which is cheaper.
Do I also need a trademark?
If you want to protect your brand name or logo, yes. A design protects the product's look, a trademark protects the name you sell it under. UK trademark filing.
- Register a design (what you can register, illustrations, fees, decision within 2 weeks, 5 to 25 years): gov.uk. Checked 11 November 2026.
- Design forms and fees (online £60 for 1 design, £85 up to 10; renewals): gov.uk, updated 25 August 2026.
- New and individual character, 12-month grace period: Registered Designs Act 1949, section 1B.
Charged in GBP. USD/EUR are approximate, ECB rate of 10 Nov 2026.