Designs and Copyright

Design rights tend to be overlooked between patents and trade marks. But not at Keltie. We recognise that some businesses are built on aesthetics, and that design rights can be powerful tools.

Design law has evolved to present great opportunities and significant challenges:

• The new landscape
• Seeing both sides

Keltie places design protection at the heart of its services. The imaginative and constructive use of design registrations is an essential part of our client offering.

Meet the Group

The definition of a design is remarkably broad. Many designs have a technical character; others have trade mark qualities. This is why Keltie's design people are drawn from both its patent and trade mark groups. All of our patent and trade mark attorneys are entitled to practice as European Design Attorneys on Community Design matters.

Our design people are experienced in all aspects of design law and in related aspects of copyright law including moral rights. Indeed, one of our partners was involved with developing the primary UK design and copyright legislation when at the UK Intellectual Property Office.