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How do I apply for Copyright and Design Right protection?
Copyright and Design Right protection is automatic on creating a work or design. However, you should register your design for increased protection and longer term protection.
How many countries does the European Community design extend to?
27 Countries at the time of writing!
Helpful tip
Do I have to identify the designer?
It is possible to waive the name of the designer when filing a European Community Design, but you should be sure that you have the rights to the design
Design
Albright Patents is a firm of expert qualified European design attorneys and British design attorneys. We aim to provide you with all the guidance and advice that you require to obtain strong design rights in a cost-effective manner.
Please contact us with your enquiry using the form on the left.
We represent our clients before the UK Designs Registry at the United Kingdom Patent and Trademark Office ( called the UKIPO ), and the European Community Designs Registry ( called OHIM ).
We can also arrange design filings through our effective and cost-effective overseas associates throughout the world.
Albright Patents are able to advise on any area of design law, including:
- Registrability - advising on European designs and UK designs
- Searching
- Design filing - preparing and filing designs in Europe and England
- Validity
- Infringement
- Revocation
- Licences and assignments and recordal.
Design Overview
Designs protect the appearance or shape of a product. In particular, a UK Registered Design or Community Design protects the appearance of the whole or a part of a product resulting from the features of, in particular, the lines, contours, colours, shape, texture or materials of the product or its ornamentation. There can be some overlap with Trade Mark registration, and we can advise you of the pros and cons in this regard.
The Value of Design Registration
A registered design is a very useful tool for protecting new design features, which make your products differ to those of your competitors.
If your business relies on attracting customers by virtue of attractive or distinctive design, then it makes good sense to protect your designs by design registration. By registering the appearance of a design, you can monopolise, inter alia, its manufacture, use, distribution and sale for a period of up to 25 years, ensuring that your position in the marketplace is secure.
If your business is involved in creating any new aesthetic designs, then design registration could add value to your business, give you a dominant position in the marketplace and allow you to prevent import of cheap imitations.
