Renewing your design

To keep your registered design in force, you must renew it on the 5th anniversary of the registration date and every 5 years after that.

You can renew your design up to 25 years, but you may choose not to renew it or voluntarily cancel it at any time.

You can renew your registration up to 6 months before the renewal date.  We will write to remind you 3 months before renewal is due if you have not already renewed it.

How do I renew my registered design?

To extend the period of protection, fill in form DF9A and FS2 and send us the correct fee.  The renewal fees are as follows:

Send your completed forms and fee to:

Intellectual Property Office
Concept House
Cardiff Road
Newport
South Wales
NP10 8QQ
United Kingdom

How can I pay my renewal fee?

What happens next?

We will write to confirm that we have renewed your design for the next 5-year period.

What if I don't renew in time?

If you do not pay your renewal fee by the renewal date your registration becomes expired.  We will write to confirm this, but you can still renew it within 1 month of the renewal date at no extra charge.

You hav a further 5 months in which to renew your design.  However, there is a late payment fee of £24 for each of these months in addition to the renewal fee.

If you do not renew your design within this 6 month period you can still apply to restore your design.

Restoring your design

After the 6-month late renewal period, there is a further 6 month period where you can apply to restore your design.