Registration of a design is for an initial period of five years beginning on the filing date of the application. By paying renewal fees, the registration can be renewed for four further periods of five years, giving protection for a maximum of 25 years.

You should renew your registered design by filing Form D11 with prescribed fee before the end of the current period of registration but not earlier than 3 months immediately preceding the end of the current period.

As regards an associated registered design, such design cannot be renewed in the absence of renewal of the original registered design. As such, please ensure that the original registered design has been renewed before you file the renewal application for an associated design.

You can check the end date of period of registration of your registered design by using the on-line search system.