#designs

China joins the Hague System

China has been steadily overhauling its IP system for well over a decade. Last week, in the latest development, China joined WIPO’s Hague...

What do you think of the UK designs system?

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has launched a call for views on the designs system. It says this will “help us better...

A Christmas miracle: Designs, confidential information and contracts

What connects Leonardo Da Vinci, a Christmas miracle and the possible award of exemplary damages? The answer lies in a recent High Court...

Speedy justice in design case

In what may be a record for an IP case in the UK, the trial in Lutec (UK) Ltd & Ors v Cascade Holdings Ltd & Anor [2021] EWHC 1907 (Pat)...

How do you win a fashion dispute? Find out why I love unregistered designs

How can you stop someone from systematically copying your brand? What if it went further than just your designs and covered everything...

Protecting digital designs - the clock is ticking

Designs are one of the key IP rights for the gaming and fashion industries but they are complex and consequently poorly understood. There...

Digging Designs - what's been happening in the last six months?

My final IPKat post was dedicated to one of my favourite IP topics - designs. They are forgotten and misunderstood rights which is a...

Brexit & IP - what you need to know

Brexit may be nearly upon us. If this happens after 29 March there are various short term consequences to registered rights in the UK and...

There's a new IPO report on designs infringement - game-changer or stating the obvious?

Four years is a long time in politics but not a particularly long time in the land of government reports. Just under four years ago the...

Designs - what are they and how do they protect the fashion industry?

The fashion industry has obtained enormous benefits from the protection offered by design law in the European Union. But to say that...

Intellectual property rights - it's never too early to think about them

Fashion is built on intellectual property rights. The brand is protected by trade marks. The clothing and accessory design by design...

Introducing intellectual property

Without intellectual property rights it would be virtually impossible for the European fashion industry to continue. These rights enable...

Simplifying Community Registered Design litigation in the UK - Spin Master v PMS

Although it is a case management decision, there are so many hints in the recent decision Spin Master v PMS [2017] EWHC 1477 (Pat) that...

European Fashion Law