Why choose our Design Rights lawyers?
We advise on design protection strategy at a regional and global level as well as bring enforcement actions against infringers, and co-ordinate actions by Customs and Trading Standards. Our specialists understand the value and fragility of design rights and that secure rights are key for many businesses.
Acting for numerous businesses with strong design right interests, our work ranges from representing businesses bringing new designs to market in the face of third party challenges, and advising on the strategic interface between design rights and three-dimensional trademarks, to simple portfolio management.
Our clients are guaranteed practical, commercial advice. With design right protection limited to exclude features solely dictated by function, our lawyers have degrees and experience in science and engineering disciplines that can be deployed when assessing functional features.
Notable deals and highlights
- We successfully negotiated commercial
settlements for a well-known retailer in the face of threatened design
infringement proceedings across multiple European jurisdictions.
- We have represented the well-known
leading footwear manufacturer, Crocs, in relation to various design
disputes over the years. More recently we acted for Crocs in high profile Registered
Community Design (RCD) proceedings before the higher European courts (the Court of Justice and the
General Court).
- The team has acted for a leading multinational
technology company in relation to the potential infringement of design rights
in its distinctive server cases.
- Our team obtained a summary judgment
for leading franchise consultants, Zockoll Group. This related to the
Registered Community Design infringement of the well-known
three-dimensional giant screwdrivers featured on the vans used by its
'0800 Repair' franchise business.
Key contacts
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London, England
- +44 (0)20 7861 6787
- Email John
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London, England
- +44 330 460 6557
- Email Hastings
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Barcelona, Spain
- +34 93 415 00 88
- Email Josep
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Brussels, Belgium
- +32 2 742 70 88
- Email Stijn
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Beijing, China
- +86 134 8887 8407
- Email Laura
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Paris, France
- +33 (0)1 70 37 81 00
- Email Nathalie
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Brussels, Belgium
- +32 2 742 70 91
- Email Hakim
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London, England
- +44 330 460 6546
- Email Tommy
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Dublin 4, Ireland
- +353 (0)1 828 0664
- Email Feilim
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