Designs
We can advise you in relation to the registrations of your designs. Design Protection comprises a legal right concerning the overall visual appearance of a product.
The overall visual appearance of a product includes such things as the lines, contours, colours, the shape, texture, materials and the ornamentation of the product which gives it a unique appearance. You can also register a design showing the ornamentation alone, for example a design to go on a product or a stylised logo.
Registration enables you to prevent others from using the design.
To be a registrable a design must be new and have individual character.
In order to determine whether or not a design is new we can carry out searches for you to discover whether there is anything that is already registered which might prevent you being able to register your design.
The registered design right inter-relates with other intellectual property rights and in some cases may overlap with copyright and trade mark registration rights in particular. We can advise you on this area also.
Designs department contacts:
Mark Lello, mark.lello@parkerbullen.com
Chris Gwinn, chris.gwinn@parkerbullen.com
Nigel Tranah, nigel.tranah@parkerbullen.com
Telephone: Salisbury 01722 412 000
Telephone: Andover 01264 400 500