Registered Design Services – Protect Your Product Designs with DF Bluem in Leeds, West Yorkshire

At DF Bluem, we provide expert design registration services to help businesses, product designers, and inventors protect the visual appearance of their products. Whether you need to register a design in the UK, secure international design rights, or enforce your registered design against infringement, our experienced IP attorneys in Leeds, West Yorkshire** ensure your intellectual property is fully protected.

What is Design Registration

A Registered Design (also known as Design Registration and Industrial Design Right) gives a “monopoly” right, i.e. a right to stop anybody else using the registered design irrespective of whether they copied it.

A UK registered design gives its proprietor the exclusive right in the United Kingdom to make, use, sell, import and export any product embodying the design, if it is a shape, or bearing the design if it is ornamentation. These rights extend to similar designs which do not produce a substantially different impression on the informed user.

The proprietor can take action against any third party who carries out any of the rights exclusive to the proprietor within the United Kingdom without the proprietor’s permission, even if they are using a design that they created independently and without copying.

A UK registered design cannot be used to control the movement of goods put on the market in the European Economic Area (EEA) by the proprietor of the design, or with their consent.

Why is a Registered Design Important

A registered design makes it illegal for anyone except the owner or someone with the owner’s permission to use the same or similar design feature/s in other products.

Just like Patents and Trade Marks, a registered design is an intangible asset that can be sold, licensed and rented, and provide potential buyers, licensees or investors with the confidence to collaborate with you, knowing their investment is underpinned by a legal right.

Why Register a Design?

A registered design protects the unique shape, pattern, configuration, or ornamentation of your product. Without design registration, competitors can legally copy and reproduce your design. By securing UK and international design rights, you gain exclusive ownership and prevent unauthorised use.

Our registered design Services

UK Registered Design – Secure Your Exclusive Rights

Filing a UK registered design with the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) ensures that your product’s unique appearance is protected for up to 25 years. Our Registered Design experts guide you through the process to maximise your legal security.

Design eligibility assessment – Checking if your design qualifies for protection.
UKIPO filing & submission – Ensuring correct and timely application.
Managing renewal fees – Keeping your design protection valid for its full term.

International Registered Design – Global IP Protection

If you plan to sell products internationally, we help secure design protection worldwide through the Hague System for International Design Registration.

EU Registered Design – Covering all European Union member states.
International design protection – Filing through the Hague Agreement.
Country-specific design filings – Tailored strategies for global markets.

Unregistered Design Rights – What You Need to Know

In the UK, unregistered design rights provide some protection, but they are limited compared to registered design rights. We help businesses understand the differences and benefits of registering a design to gain stronger, enforceable legal protection.

UK unregistered design right – Lasts up to 15 years, but harder to enforce.
EU unregistered design right – Lasts 3 years, useful for short-term protections.
Registered design benefits – Stronger, easier to enforce, and lasts up to 25 years.

Design Infringement Protection & Legal Enforcement

If someone copies or uses your registered design without permission, our IP lawyers in Leeds, West Yorkshire provide legal enforcement services to protect your rights.

Cease and desist letters – Stopping unauthorised use of your design.
Design infringement monitoring – Detecting and preventing design theft.
Legal action & litigation support – Pursuing legal claims against infringers.

Design Licensing & Commercialisation

Want to monetize your registered design? We provide design licensing and assignment services to help you profit from your intellectual property.

Design licensing agreements – Allowing third parties to use your design for royalties.
Design assignment & sale – Selling your design rights for a lump sum.
IP commercialisation strategies – Maximising your design’s value through licensing deals.

How we can file a Registered Design for your new product idea invention

Whether you require Design protection in the UK or wider field, we will assess, search, advise and apply commercial logic to robustly protect your distinctive features and secure your exclusive legal rights.

Design Right Analysis and Landscaping

leveraging our thirty years experience, we assess and analyse to determine registration feasibility and commercial viability.

Registered Design search

through deep forensics, we determine the likelihood of obtaining an approved design, identifying potential prior art, citations and other challenges.

Optimisation

identifying market needs, demands and expectations, we future-proof and apply commercial strategies to enhance and protect the delivery of the goal.

Registered Design Preparation and filing

adopting an objective-led approach, we meticulously produce a fully compliant, technically rich and robust application and expertly complete the filing process.

Registered Design Management and maintenance

post filing, we use advanced tools to monitor progress of the application through to approval and manage annual renewals to maintain validity.

Patent IPO feedback and liaisons

in response to any issues or objections raised, we provide prompt, well-considered and strategic responses that address concerns for a favourable outcome.

Why Choose DF Bluem for Design Registration?

As experienced IP lawyers and Registered Design specialists in Leeds, West Yorkshire, we provide a comprehensive, business-focused approach to securing your design rights.