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Introduction; Design Registration; Registrability; Spare Parts; Scope of protection given by Design Registration; Protection for Industrial Designs abroad;
The Community Design Registration; The International Design Registration;
The Application for Design Registration; Ownership of Registered Designs; Unregistered Design Rights; UK Unregistered Design Right; Ownership of UK Unregistered Design Right; Unregistered Community Design; Copyright.
Copyright
Except for certain older designs, unregistered design right has now replaced copyright as the means by which industrial designs are given automatic (i.e. non-registered) protection within the United Kingdom. However, certain designs of a highly artistic nature remain protected by copyright and, where this applies, the term of protection is 25 years from the end of the year in which articles embodying the design are first placed on sale. Where both design right and copyright exist in a design, the copyright protection overrides the unregistered design right protection.
For registered designs, design right and copyright, contact Chris Boydell or
Sarah Perkins in our London office, or David Marles in our Bristol office.
Except for certain older designs, unregistered design right has now replaced copyright as the means by which industrial designs are given automatic (i.e. non-registered) protection within the United Kingdom. However, certain designs of a highly artistic nature remain protected by copyright and, where this applies, the term of protection is 25 years from the end of the year in which articles embodying the design are first placed on sale. Where both design right and copyright exist in a design, the copyright protection overrides the unregistered design right protection.
For registered designs, design right and copyright, contact Chris Boydell or
Sarah Perkins in our London office, or David Marles in our Bristol office.