Copyright alone is often insufficient to protect industrial designs. In the UK, an industrial design may be protected against copying by way of unregistered design right – a unique form of protection akin to copyright – or by way of a design registration.
The services that we offer include the following:-
- Advising as to the registrability of designs for articles and component parts.
- Filing and prosecuting British registered design applications.
- Instructing the filing and prosecution of applications worldwide.
- Advising on the protection afforded by unregistered design right and copyright.
- Help in enforcing rights against infringers.
- Advising on ways to avoid infringement of competitor’s rights.
- Applying for the cancellation of competitor’s registered designs.
- Help with licences and assignments of registered designs, unregistered design right and copyright.
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For registered designs, design right and copyright, contact Chris Boydell or Sarah Perkins in our London office, or David Marles in our Bristol office.