Design Patent registration in United Kingdom protects the following relating to a product:
- appearance
- look
- physical shape
- configuration (or how different parts of a design are arranged together)
- decoration
To register your design, it must:
- be new
- not be offensive (for example feature graphic images or words)
- be your own intellectual property
- not make use of protected emblems or flags (for example the Olympic rings or the Royal Crown)
- not be an invention or how a product works – you’ll need a patent instead
- You cannot protect the functionality of a design – for example a chair that folds down more quickly than others of the same kind.
The Registration of your design:
- protects any aspect of your design, for example both the product’s shape and decoration
- gives you the right to prevent others from using it for up to 25 years – you have to renew your registered design every 5 years
- makes taking legal action against infringement and copying more straightforward
- After registration you become entitled to display your registration number on your design
Intellectual Property Logium provides following services to protect design rights in UK.
- Design Search
- Applying and filing Design
- Objecting, challenging and resolving design disputes
- Design Oppositions and Defenses
- Design Infringements
- Design Licenses
- Design Agreements and Contracts
