Design Rights

Our attorneys can directly file applications for UK and German registered designs and EU Community registered designs on your behalf. We can also assist with filing applications in other countries.

If you have a product that attracts customers because of the way it looks, you should consider registering the design.

Our specialist attorneys can directly file applications for UK and German registered designs and EU Community registered designs on your behalf. We can also assist with filing applications in other countries.

Before you apply to register your design, we can arrange a search to assess either the novelty and individual character of the proposed design, or the risk of infringement of existing third party rights.

Our services include:

  • Initial advice on the most appropriate form of design protection
  • General advice regarding Registered Design filing strategies
  • Preparation, filing and prosecution of applications for UK national, German national, European Community or International (Hague System) design registrations
  • Coordinating the filing of design applications in other countries
  • Advice and assistance in relation to infringement of registered and unregistered design rights and attacks on validity
  • Advice on licensing and assignment of designs
  • Advice on ownership of designs
  • Liaising with barristers, solicitors and German attorneys-at-law in the conduct of litigation in the UK and Germany
  • Conducting investigations to determine the registration potential of designs and any risk of infringing third-party rights
  • Acting as the UK Address for Service

Want to know more?
Enquire here:

Enquire

Key contacts

Image

Sarah Darby

Partner

Image

Ian Gill

Partner

Related News and Publications


Absolutely Not Registrable: Logos and Emblems

As Trade Mark Attorneys, one of the questions we are asked  almost daily basis is whether new marks are registrable. As UK IPO practice is forever evolving, it can be helpful to conduct regular reviews of the kinds of marks being refused by the UK IPO. In the latest instalment of our seasonal round-up, we… Read more »


Trademarking in the Metaverse: From coined phrase to a descriptive word, a 30-year decline of distinctiveness

The word “Metaverse” has been around for some time. It was coined by Neal Stephenson in the 1992 novel “Snow Crash”, but its wider adoption has been more recent. In 2022, 30 years since the term was first published, “Metaverse” came second-place in the Oxford English Dictionary word of the year. It is fair to… Read more »


Knowledge Hub