Designs

Designs can be protected whether they qualify for registration or not. You'll find more about them here.

OUT-LAW Guides (UK law)

• Designs: the basics
  The difference between registered and unregistered design rights in the UK.
• Registering a design in the UK
  The steps that should be taken when registereing a design in the UK.
• Registering a design in the EU
  The steps that should be taken when registereing a design in the EU.
• How design rights can add value to a business
  This article looks at how design rights can add effective and affordable protection and value to a business.

OUT-LAW News

• Registering a design in the EU
• How design rights can add value to a business
• Registering a design in the UK
• Designs: the basics
• Acceleration of trade mark process is welcomed

Our services

Our trade marks team, which includes qualified Trade Mark Attorneys, can help with searching, filing trade mark applications around the world, and prosecution, as well as drafting and negotiating licences and assignments.

Find out about our Trade Marks and Design Services.

Contact one of our lawyers

Iain Connor
Biography
iain.connor@pinsentmasons.com
+44 (0) 207 418 8260

Jude Tonner
judith.tonner@pinsentmasons.com
+44 (0) 113 368 7766

Useful links

• Directive on the legal protection of designs (6-page PDF)
• Registered Designs Regulations 2001
• Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM)