What is a design patent?
A design patent allows you to legally protect the unique look of a product you’ve designed to stop other individuals or businesses from copying it without your permission.
You can own the exclusive right to the:
- Appearance
- Physical shape
- Configuration (or how different parts of a design are arranged together)
- Decoration
Why register my designs?
- Protects any aspect of your design, for example both the product’s shape and decoration.
- Recognised by Amazon and other online retail platforms.
- The right to prevent others from copying without your permission.
- Makes taking legal action against infringement and copying more straightforward.
- Once registered you can display your registration number on your design.
What can I register as a design?
To register your design, it must
- Be new.
- Be non-offensive (for example feature graphic images or words).
- Be your own intellectual property
- Not make use of protected emblems or flags (for example the Olympic rings or the Royal Crown).
- Not be an invention or how a product works - you’ll need a patent instead.
- You
cannot protect the functionality of a design - for example a chair that folds down more quickly than others of the same kind.
UK Registered Designs
Protect your designs in the
UK today with our comprehensive package
£299
Total Cost: £299
Time to Certification: 5 weeks
Duration: 5 years
Includes up to 10 product designs.
Register your designs throughout the
Total Cost: £599
Time to Certification: 4 weeks
Duration: 5 years
Additional designs: €230 each
Register your designs in Australia
Total Cost: £399
Time to Certification: 3 months
Duration: 5 years
Additional designs: $200 each
What do we need to register your design?
- Your name or your company name
- Address as it is to appear on the register
- A description of the use of your product
- 5-10 CAD images of the product from each angle*
*If you do not have acceptable images we can have them
professionally drawn up from £35 per image.
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