Ukraine joins DesignView

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), in cooperation with the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (UANIPIO), has expanded its DesignView search tool to include design data from Ukraine.

As of 8 July 2026, UANIPIO has made its industrial design data available in DesignView. With UANIPIO on board, DesignView now contains data from 78 participating intellectual property offices.

This milestone marks a significant step in strengthening international cooperation and in Ukraine’s integration with the EUIPN. In total, DesignView contains more than 24.7 million industrial designs, including more than 98,300 designs from UANIPIO. By joining DesignView, Ukraine contributes to a unifying global platform that supports businesses, creators and IP rights holders in managing and protecting their intellectual property across borders.

This activity has been carried out as part of the EU-funded EU4IP project, which supports Ukraine in aligning its intellectual property framework with EU standards and advancing integration with the EU IP system. Through this project, the EUIPO continues to promote transparency, accessibility and digital cooperation in the region.

DesignView is one of the EUIPO’s flagship tools, providing free-of-charge access to industrial design data from participating offices worldwide. Since its launch on 19 November 2012, the tool has been used for 11.9 million searches by users worldwide, with the most frequent ones coming from the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.

The EUIPO has long supported the provision of free, high-quality intellectual property data to promote market openness and transparency. It continues to shape international cooperation by working with like-minded partner institutions to strengthen the global intellectual property landscape.