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Understand how preventative design measures can reduce the risk of harms happening on your online platform.
Learn how to check if your website or mobile app is accessible.
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
To protect your design outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Find registered designs in the UK
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
Learn how the Government Digital Service is monitoring accessibility under the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
Find the best guidance and tools to meet the accessibility regulations.
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