Designs convention country orders

The UK’s membership of certain international conventions and treaties gives rise to obligations to protect designs originating in other member countries. Periodically the United Kingdom must update our legislation via a convention country order to take into account recent accessions or expected accessions to those conventions.

The other member countries of the conventions and treaties must reciprocate that protection, which benefits the UK’s creative industries.

The Orders revoke, replace and update existing orders giving effect to our international responsibilities.

Full details of the latest designs convention country orders may be accessed from the table below.

Date	SI No.	Order
6 April 2007	2007 No 277	The Designs (Convention Countries) Order 2007