Edwards v boohoo: UK unregistered designs on trial
01 July 2025
Design rights play an important role in the fashion industry. In this case between the designer, Sonia Edwards, and the…
Exhaustion of IP after Brexit: clarity from UK Government in response to consultation
01 July 2025
Following the UK’s departure from the EU, the UK ceased to be bound by the EU’s rules on intellectual property…
Increase in renewal fee for EU designations in a Hague design registration
14 April 2025
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has notified its intention to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to increase…
Help, the UK design registry is objecting to my Hague design registration! Why, and what can I do?
13 February 2025
In the context of design registration protection which covers the UK, one of the ways in which this protection can…
Finding those UK design registrations…where are they hiding?
05 February 2025
In the context of design registrations which cover the UK, there are two potential routes for obtaining this protection. The…
Saudi Arabia accedes to the Hague design registration system
27 January 2025
In what is excellent news, Saudi Arabia has recently deposited its instrument of accession to the Geneva Act (1999) of…
Global design registration protection: change is afoot, will the Hague design registration system adapt?
17 December 2024
Recent months have seen considerable change in the context of design registration protection. This change has included the adoption of…
WIPO to mandate description usage for Hague design registrations, and puts a freeze on the 1960 Hague Act
09 December 2024
For those planning on submitting a Hague design registration any time soon, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has updated…
UK design registrations: use inconsistent views at your peril!
18 September 2024
The presence of inconsistencies between the views from a UK design registration can render the registration vulnerable to invalidation in…
The “DF21” design searching service provided by the UK design registry: an underused, and overlooked, resource?
27 August 2024
When it comes to commercialising a product in the UK, failure to perform any due diligence on whether its underlying…
Colour in the context of design registration protection in the UK, and when it can be worth considering
21 August 2024
In the context of protecting the appearance of a consumer product in the UK using design registration protection, a focus…
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