Designs

Guy & Hinton act for clients in the registration, prosecution, and litigation of designs. If the visual appearance of your product is novel and distinctive, you may have the ability to register an industrial design which gives you a statutory monopoly over shape, configuration, pattern and ornamentation of that product for a fixed period.

Even in the event that you have disclosed your industrial design in commerce there may be the opportunity in certain jurisdictions to obtain registration.

If in doubt the best approach is to seek advice as to whether your business needs to register an industrial design to obtain protection prior to the publication or implementation of that industrial design. Whether it is a pattern in cloth, a clothing design, a furniture design or even a plug for a yacht hull we can advise you in the most appropriate approach to protection of your industrial design in Australia, New Zealand and other jurisdictions.