Page Hargrave - Patent and Trademark Attorneys

In a world where the design of a product can play a significant part in its success, the protection of designs has never been more relevant. It is not only high fashion products or the creative industries that can by benefit from design protection, but also industrial products and components.

The design, i.e. the visual appearance of an article, may be protected be way of registration or it may be protected by unregistered design right.  For a design to be protected by way of registration, it must be both new and have “individual character “.

How we can help

Page Hargrave can advise on all aspects of design protection, whether registered or unregistered. We can advise on the registrability of your design and we can conduct searches to identify possible infringement risks. We can file registered design applications and take them through to grant and we are able to act before the UK Intellectual Property Office and the European Community Design Registry. Through our network of trusted foreign associates we can also assist in the filing of design applications overseas. Once a registered design has been obtained we can attend to the renewal of the registration and advise on any enforcement issues which arise.