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China Joins the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs

In a move that has long been expected, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has announced that China will join the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs ...

Industrial Design & Consumer Products

At GJE, we understand that a business’s unique selling point, its DNA, may take different guises – it could be how its products work, how they look, or both.  These are highly valuable as...

Unregistered Designs

Unregistered design rights are a form of IP rights that exist in selected regions, including the UK and the European Union (EU).  As with registered designs, unregistered designs protect only the...

Registered Designs

Obtaining a design registration can be time-consuming and complex. We can help you to file and prosecute your registered design application at the regional and national offices that oversee the countr...

Designs

In many industries, what a product looks like is just as important as how it functions – and sometimes even more so.  Companies invest a lot of time and money in creating the right look for the...

Practical Considerations for Registered Design Protection

Registered designs are a cost-effective form of IP protection that enables the physical appearance of a product to be protected from use by competitors.  The scope of protection is determined by ...

Building up EU Design Protection for Modular Systems

Registered designs exist to protect the aesthetic appearance of products, and as such European Community design law was drafted so as to exclude protection for certain aspects of appearance that would...

4 Intellectual Property Myths About Designs

There’s a lot to think about when launching a new product – co-ordinating manufacturers, finding stockists and of course marketing. Intellectual property is, perhaps understandably, not front of m...

Inadvertently Design-ed Priority Loophole

For a European design, the European General Court has ruled in T-579/19 it is possible to claim priority from an earlier filed patent, or at least from an international patent application filed under ...

Designs in the Automotive Sector – Putting you in the Driver’s Seat

Cars are excellent examples of assets that strongly benefit from all three types of registered intellectual property protection.  Patents are key to protecting technical innovations, while trade ...