Design Rights
How can we help you
What would be the impact if your new product design was copied as soon as it was launched? Allowing your design rights to be infringed can quickly make a product no longer commercially viable.
Design rights are often overlooked, but the benefits make it a commercially attractive form of legal protection.
We can help designers:
- compliment trademarks by protecting the appearance of your products in which you have invested time and creativity
- prepare appropriate design drawings showing all aspects of the finalised product and/or packaging
- ensure that you own the rights to a design if it has been created by others
- make it easier to prove your design is legally yours and when you created it
- register your design to maximise your scope of legal protection in the country you require
- develop strategies to exploit your design commercially
- defend your registered design rights against copiers and infringers
To speak to one of our design rights lawyers who will help you navigate common obstacles related to design rights, from registration, exploitation to enforcement, call us on 0131 478 4724 or complete an Online Enquiry to request a call back.
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