Design identification
We help distinguish visual features from functional features and consider how product shape, configuration, pattern or ornamentation may be protected.
Practice Areas / YNB IP Associates
Industrial Designs
Design protection concerns the visual appearance of qualifying products, rather than the way they work.
Our approach
Understanding the issues. Clarifying the options.
Every matter depends on its facts, applicable law and commercial context. The following overview describes areas in which legal support may be relevant. the precise scope of any engagement is agreed separately.
Searches and registration
Appropriate design searches, illustrations and filing information help define the appearance for which registration is sought.
Ownership and exploitation
Commissioning arrangements, employee-created designs, licences and assignments should make ownership and permitted use clear.
Enforcement and renewals
Potential copying calls for careful comparison of the protected design and the allegedly infringing product, together with attention to registration status and applicable deadlines.
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Trade MarksCopyrightPatentsPrivacy & Data ProtectionTechnology & Commercial ContractsIP Disputes & EnforcementIP Transactions & Portfolio AdvisoryLitigation & Dispute ResolutionPrivate Clients
This overview is general information and not legal advice. It does not create a lawyer to client relationship.
