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Designs
To quickly achieve IP registration, our firm can prepare and file applications for design registration directly at the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO), the International Bureau (WIPO) and at the Community Designs Office (EUIPO), and deal with all matters required to obtain registered design protection. Through our network of foreign associates we can secure design protection in all other countries where relevant laws exist.
We also advise on infringement, whether an infringement of our client’s rights by a third party or a possible infringement of a third party’s rights by our client. We have the depth of experience to offer advice on validity, which is often linked to infringement, and we have enviable success rates when we file and prosecute actions to invalidate third party design rights.
Design protection
The visual appearance of a product or part of a product may be protected quite separately from how that product works, or the name under which it is sold. A number of different forms of protection are available, including Registered Design protection, Unregistered Design Right and Copyright. We always get to know our clients’ business objectives, so we are able to provide commercially focused advice on designs. We do this by working alongside our clients so they can be sure that the advice we offer, in terms of what protection is available or appropriate and on ownership rights of any kind, is commercially relevant. Our attorneys are equipped to advise you on the complex interaction between these sometimes competing rights, and to help you obtain appropriate protection.
Registration
To quickly achieve IP registration, we prepare and file applications for design registration directly at the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) and at the Community Designs Office (EUIPO), and deal with all matters required to obtain registered design protection. Through our network of foreign associates we can secure design protection in all other countries where relevant laws exist.
We also advise on infringement, whether an infringement of our client’s rights by a third party or a possible infringement of a third party’s rights by our client. We have the depth of experience to offer advice on validity, which is often linked to infringement, and we have enviable success rates when we file and prosecute actions to invalidate third party design rights.
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