Related insights: Design Protection
Changes to UK Intellectual Property Office address for service rules
04 Mar 2024
On 1 January 2024, the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) updated their rules governing address for service (AFS) requirements for comparable UK trade mark and design registrations. Guidance on the changes can be found here. Briefly, if any contentious proceedings are lodged on or after 1 January 2024 against a comparable UK trade mark or design, appointment of a UK, Gibraltar or Channel Island address for service is required.
UK IPO calls for views on design protection
15 Feb 2022
The UK Intellectual Property Office has opened a consultation on how its domestic designs framework should be improved in order to promote innovation and economic growth.
UKIPO calls for views on copyright protection for manufactured artistic works
16 Aug 2021
The UK Intellectual Property Office has opened a consultation on the impact of the repeal of section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, which limited the term of copyright protection for industrially manufactured artistic works to 25 years.
Brexit and designs
18 May 2021
Since 1 January 2021, the scope of protection afforded by registered Community designs ("RCDs") has not extended to the United Kingdom ("UK"). However, each owner of a RCD that was registered and published before or on 31 December 2020 has been granted a comparable registered and enforceable IP right in the UK, known as the 're-registered design' – hereafter "RRD" – which came into force automatically and free of charge on 1 January 2021.
WBD leads on Trade Mark expertise for the Bloodhound world land speed record project
11 Nov 2020
The Intellectual Property team at WBD is assisting Grafton LSR Ltd, the company owning the Bloodhound land speed record project.
Designs and copyright protection: UK drifts closer towards Europe
27 May 2020
A recent decision of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court ("IPEC") has addressed the extent to which mass produced articles can and should benefit from copyright protection.
The strategic use of intellectual property within the aerospace & defence industry
05 May 2020
This article considers how a company might use its intellectual property (IP) assets as part of an operating model in support of its chosen value discipline. It looks at each value discipline and consider how IP might be used in relation to it, providing examples from within the Aerospace & Defence sector.
Non-traditional marks – still struggling with registration
03 Feb 2020
For nearly 30 years, more than just word marks have been capable of registration across the European Union (EU). The relevant statutory provision in the UK as to what can constitute a trade mark (at the relevant time) was section 1(1)(a) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (the TMA).
Dangers of CAD images in design filings
03 Dec 2019
A recent decision of the UK's Intellectual Property Enterprise Court in Shnuggle Ltd v Munchkin, Inc & Lindam Ltd is further confirmation of the ongoing uncertainty that can attend representations on the scope of registered designs
Taking action: enforcement of data protection by design and by default
16 Aug 2019
Peter Given, Legal Director and Amy Eames, Associate, explore two real-life case studies demonstrating the importance of including data protection by design and by default into projects involving the processing of personal data.
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