Visual aspects of many products can be protected with registered designs, enabling action to be taken against those who try to produce copycat items.
The value of designs can often be overlooked. Depending on the product, designs can be the key aspect of IP protection.
Design registrations are often relatively quick and inexpensive to obtain and in certain circumstances, they can be very useful in preventing others from commercialising products having the same or a similar appearance.
Registered designs are also often best used in combination with patent and trade mark protection and we can advise how to implement such multi-faceted strategies.
