Designs protection abroad

Registering your design in the UK does not protect it abroad. If you want to protect your design in countries other than the UK, you can do this in two ways.

• You can apply for a Registered Community Design.
  
  
• You can apply to most major countries of the world by making a separate application to each country in which you want protection.

If you apply to register your design in a country like the UK that has signed the 'International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property', you can claim 'priority' from your earliest application for the same design in another Convention country, as long as you apply within six months of the earliest filing date in that Convention country.