Designs & Copyright

Our Intellectual Property attorneys advise on a range of design issues, including obtaining registration, enforcement of registered designs and on the relationship between registered design law, unregistered design law and copyright.

Services we provide regularly are:

• Design searches
  Advising on the availability for use of new designs and their registrability.
• Registering designs
  Applying for and obtaining registration in the UK, at the European Community’s Designs Registry (“OHIM”) and overseas.
• Design portfolio management
  Maintaining and renewing registrations. Assessing and evaluating the scope of clients' design portfolios.
• Conflict advice
  Advice on design infringement and validity, both registered and unregistered.
• Assignments and licences
  Drafting assignments and licences and applying to record ownership changes and third party interests.
• Due diligence work
  Assistance and advice on acquiring and disposing of designs as part of business acquisitions.
• Copyright issues
  Advising on industrial copyright and how copyright interrelates with design law.