Designs
This part of the topic index contains resources on the legal protection of designs. Please select the resource that you require by clicking on the relevant tab below.
Click on the Copyright related topic link for resources on copyright, which may provide overlapping protection for designs.
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resources
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basis and update them as soon as possible.
| 1 | Overview of design right This overview discusses the nature and primary features of design right; the main considerations relating to the protection and ownership of design right, both in the UK and internationally; and the management of design right. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Overview of registered designs This overview considers the nature and primary features of registered designs; the main considerations relating to the protection and ownership of rights in registered designs, both in the UK and internationally; and the management of such rights. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Companies Act 2006: implications for IP&IT This note discusses the changes made to the law by the Companies Act 2006 that have implications for intellectual property and information technology. The majority of the relevant changes came into force on 1 October 2009. However, sections of the Act providing for a new right for any person to object to an adjudicator if a company's name is the same as a name associated with the objector in which he has goodwill, or sufficiently similar to such a name that it would be likely to mislead came into force on 1 October 2008. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 4 | Intangible property: tax The rules in Part 8 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 apply to a company's intangible assets. This practice note considers those rules, and how they affect a company's liability to corporation tax. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Intellectual property issues relating to employees and ... This practice note considers how the UK intellectual property regime applies to employees and consultants. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Intellectual property rights in the fashion industry A note on the impact of intellectual property rights on the fashion industry including the application of copyright, design rights and trade marks to this sector; issues relevant to online fashion sales; and the enforcement of rights applicable to high-street fashion and the luxury goods arena. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | IP rights in the semiconductor industry This note explains the basic technical issues relating to the manufacture of semiconductor chips and describes the structure of the semiconductor chip manufacturing industry. This is followed by an analysis of how different intellectual property rights are used to protect various elements of a silicon chip manufacturing business. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Overlap between copyright and designs This note considers the degree of overlap between the laws of copyright, registered designs and design right in the protection of an article. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Recording a change of name or address on the UK Designs ... A note summarising the procedure for applying to register a change of name or address of a proprietor, licensee, agent for service of documents or other named person or entity on the UK Designs Register. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Registration of interests in UK design registrations and ... A note summarising the procedure for registering interests in UK design registrations and applications, and the legal effects of doing so. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Taking security over intellectual property A note on taking security over intellectual property, including patents, trade marks, copyright and design rights. This note also contains links to a multi-jurisdictional guide to finance (which includes issues relating to taking security over intellectual property) and to a detailed note on taking security over intellectual property in the United States. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Threats actions and intellectual property rights This practice note summarises the relevant statutory provisions and key cases concerning threats to sue for infringement of intellectual property rights and provides practical advice on how these may affect any intellectual property (IP) disputes. | Practice notes | Maintained |