Intellectual Property Magazine
Designs: what now after Brexit?
Like manyareas of UK law thoroughly intertwined with the EU, design protection hasreceived a Brexit shake up, say Lewis Silkin’s AntonyCraggs, Oliver Fairhurst and Victoria Owrid
Antony Craggs, Oliver Fairhurst and Victoria Owrid - Lewis Silkin
Pre-Brexit, designers had to grapple with fourdifferent rights in developing a strategy to best protect their designs(registered
Community designs, unregistered Community designs, registered UKrights and UK unregistered design rights). Three new rights
have now enteredthe arena (re-registered designs, continuing unregistered designs andsupplementary unregistered designs),
and the ‘Community’ (EU) rights no longerapply in the UK. So what are thesenew rights and what are their implications?