Is it a patent? No, it's a registered design...
A design is the outward appearance of a product. A design registration protects the features of shape or configuration, pattern or ornament applied to an article that appeal to the eye.
To be registered a design must have significant eye appeal and must be new. A registration will provide protection of a shape of a product or its packaging. In conjunction with trade mark registration, a design can help to provide protection for all the visual features of your product.
A registered design can help to distinguish your product from others in the same marketplace and stop others from copying it. 
When you register a design, the process takes just a couple of months, but your design can be protected for up to 25 years.
Once you have registered your design, you can licence the design to others or sell it outright.
If you have industrial designs to protect, Novagraaf can undertake expert design searches. We also undertake registration and enforcement of designs in all those countries where design registration is possible. Our job done properly is peace of mind for you.
Designs in the UK and European Union
Design law throughout the European Economic Area was harmonised in 2001, introducing legal changes into UK design law, most of which benefit the UK designer. Novagraaf have thoroughly assimilated these legal changes into our working practices and the advice we give you.
We can now also protect your design across the whole of the European Union in a single design registration.
We invite you to contact one of our qualified attorneys to find out how you might benefit from these important changes and so gain significant benefits from protecting your industrial designs.
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