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Sep 02, 2014 (Newsletter Issue 13/14)
United Kingdom
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Changes to Design Law


The UK Intellectual Property Act has received Royal Assent. Some of the most interesting changes relate to design law. These include the introduction of criminal sanctions against blatant copying of UK registered designs in the course of business, cheaper options for appeals from decisions of the UK IPO on registered designs, consistency with EU design law on matters such as ownership and prior user rights, and the provision of a UK IPO opinions service on designs, to supplement the existing service relating to patents.

Whilst the Act is now officially law, most provisions will not come into force until 1 October 2014, whilst others will take effect in 2015.

For further information, please see the article on 'UK IP law gets a makeover' from Barker Brettell LLP here.

Source: www.barkerbrettell.co.uk