Designing the best protection

Our specialist team of design rights experts is one of the largest and most experienced in the UK. As a leading UK filer of Registered EU Designs, the team has filed thousands of designs for companies ranging from global corporations to SMEs, giving us extensive experience in helping ensure your designs are protected as effectively as possible.

Design rights protect the appearance of a wide variety of products and other articles. They can protect industrial items as well as aesthetic or artistic creations, sometimes in situations where patent or trade mark protection is not possible or viable. Whatever you have designed, our team will help you identify the most appropriate way to protect it.

Design registrations are often cheaper and quicker to obtain than patents or trade marks, and registration can provide a firmer basis for enforcing rights against infringers compared with relying on unregistered rights.

Design protection is often overlooked, but the potential advantages it offers make it worth considering. With the number of countries participating in the international Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs increasing, worldwide design protection is becoming more accessible.

Our team consists of both patent and trade mark attorneys who can provide you with expert, up-to-date advice on design filing and protection, using cost-effective strategies tailored to your needs. Read our Designs brochure for more information.