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How to Protect Your Designs Post Brexit

The UK’s transitional arrangement with the EU in the wake of its formal exit finally came to an end on 31st December 2020.  Companies who have previously relied on registered and unregistered E...

Designs in the Medtech Sector – Are High Filings a Result of Coronavirus or Part of an On-Going Trend?

At the time of writing, the number of registered designs filed and published at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in 2020 relating to equipment for doctors, hospitals and laborat...

Is the Hague System Underused by Design Applicants?

The latest Hague Yearly Review [1] of industrial designs filed under the Hague system shows that the number of international applications filed in 2019 increased by 8% compared to 2018.  However,...

Copyright for Functional Designs: a Bicycle Framework

Create an artistic work and you get 70+ years of protection against unauthorised copying of the work.  On the other hand, if you create a product that is not artistic, then you are left with up t...

IP in Fashion – Tailored Protection of Your Designs and Brands | 27.07.20

Monday 27th July 2020, 2:00pm (London UK – BST) 45mins What will the talk cover? GJE Expert IP Talks will be delving into all of the core areas of IP practice.  The focus will be on UK and Euro...

UK Proposes Reciprocal Generation of Unregistered Design Rights With EU

Under EU design law, products first disclosed in the EU may automatically generate unregistered design rights (UDR), providing protection for their appearance within each EU member state.  With t...

Six Things to Consider When Protecting the Design of Your Food and Drink Product

When it comes to protecting the logo, branding and packaging of your food and drink product, often people turn their immediate attention to trade marks, potentially overlooking valuable protection ava...

Pinot in the Post – Can Letterbox Friendly Packaging Designs Be Protected?

They say necessity is the mother of invention.  That may be true, but in this brave new world of social distancing and contactless deliveries, clever product design is also coming to the fore –...

A Material Difference in Registered Designs

Earlier this month, we brought you news of an IPEC decision in which a design right holder suffered from a failure to properly consider how colour in design representations would affect the scope of a...

UK Referral to CJEU on Unregistered Designs Could Have a Big Impact Post-Brexit

For many years, unregistered Community design (UCD) protection has offered designers a flexible and free form of protection for their designs across the European Union.  However, European case law su...