UK REGISTERED DESIGN APPLICATION The documents/information/instructions required by us to prepare a UK design application are as follows: The full name, address and nationality/state of incorporation of each applicant. Representations of the design to be registered. These may be drawings or photographs, but it is particularly helpful to have the representations supplied to us in electronic form. The Designs Registry has strict requirements on the format of the representations to be filed and our in-house draughtsman can prepare such representations from any supplied. An indication of the type of article to which the design will be applied. An indication of the derivation of the applicant's right to file the application. This is only required if the applicant is not the same as that for any earlier application from which priority is claimed. Otherwise, the UK Designs Registry does not require any details of the designers, nor how the applicant obtained rights in the design. However, if the UK application is to be the first application made for the design and it is intended to file applications in other countries claiming priority from the UK application, we will require the name and addresses of the designers for the overseas applications. If priority is to be claimed for the UK application, the country, date of filing and application number of the priority application. Priority from the first application must be claimed at the time of filing the UK application. Furthermore, the UK application must be filed within six months from the date of the first filing. If priority is claimed, a certified copy of the priority application must be filed within three months of the UK filing date. If the priority application is not in English, the Designs Registry may ask for parts of it to be translated, but an English translation is not required as a matter of routine. The UK Designs Registry does not require any forms signed by the applicant on filing. Although it does have the right to request a signed Power of Attorney, it rarely does