Letter to the UK IPO (Intellectual Property Office) on criminal sanctions for Registered Design infringement (Clause 13, IP Bill); appointed persons at appeal for Registered Designs (Clause 10, IP Bill); Unregistered Design Right (UDR) qualification – CDPA SS. 217 to 221; and Unregistered Design Right – functional designs
Policy Papers
Designs : 19 Documents
This part of the site is up-to-date from 2004; relevant position papers prior to then are obtainable from the Secretariat.
Opposition to the proposed introduction of criminal sanctions for registered design infringement, with scenarios illustrating a number of unintended and damaging consequences of creating criminal sanctions for infringement of registered designs Letter to the UK IPO (Intellectual Property Office) proposing the restriction of any offence to one in which there has been deliberate intent to deceive the purchaser of the product Response to consultation on Reform of the UK Designs Legal Framework closing 2 October 2012 Response to the Intellectual Property Office’s call for evidence in relation to the design sector closing on 11 November 2011, aiming to gain a better understanding of whether the design rights system in the UK is geared to the needs of business Response to IPO public Consultation about equalisation of remedies for unintentional design infringement launched on 1 December 2010 UK Design rights: registered and unregistered right: Federation paper March 2010 Response of May 2005 to UKPO consultation on Commission proposal to amend Directive 98/7/EC on the legal protection of designs. Comment to Commission January 2005 on its Proposal to amend Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs. Criminal sanctions for Registered Design infringement – IP Federation response
Criminal sanctions for Registered Design infringement
Consultation on Reform of the UK Designs Legal Framework
Implementing the Hargreaves review – call for evidence in relation to the design sector
Unintentional infringement of UK and Community designs
UK Designs to UK-IPO
EU Design Directive: spare parts: May 2005
EU Design Directive: Spare parts: January 2005