Our design group assists with both the registered and unregistered types of design right. The word ‘design’ can be used differently, and so, as appropriate to individual circumstances, members of this group will also determine whether other types of IP right may be worthy of consideration.
This team understands that organisations may operate in global markets, and can guide clients through the legal processes for achieving design protection in the desired territories, with due consideration to significant procedural features unique to specific design protection systems.
Appreciating that the commercial life of a design can vary between industries, this team can advise regarding the role of design protection both in the present and longer-term.
The intellectual property services of this group include researching whether unregistered design rights may exist, pursuing registered design rights, administration in connection with both types of design right, and enforcement of registered and unregistered design protection.