Design

At Tomkins IP our staff possess a wealth of experience in the filing and prosecution of design applications and are qualified to represent clients nationally at the Irish and UK Intellectual Property Offices and throughout Europe via the Registered Community Design regime administered by the OHIM.

We will advise you in relation to matters of assigning registered and unregistered design right and provide agreements transferring ownership of design rights to an appropriate party.

Our design right team has advised in high profile litigations relating to European Design Right in Ireland.

Breakdown of services:

Our design team can offer the following services -

• Advising on how best to obtain design protection for your client’s rights in Europe;
• Advising if your client is entitled to unregistered design right in Europe;
• Preparing, filing and prosecuting design applications;
• Preparing legal documents transferring all registered and unregistered design right to an appropriate party;
• Clearance searching prior to a product launch;
• Infringement and validity opinions in relating to existing third party rights; and
• Assisting in enforcing your client’s design rights.

Click here to contact us regarding your Design requirements.