Using and enforcing your design

You can decide how to use and enforce your registered design.

Using

You can give someone else permission to use your registered design by granting them a licence.

You can use your registered design as security for a loan. The mortgagor has a legal right in your design until you repay the loan.

You may want to involve others to help exploit, develop or market your design. We do not give direct advice on this, but help is available.

There is no official symbol to show that a design is registered. But you can display the design number on the product once it is registered.

We always encourage parties who are in dispute to resolve their differences before seeking a judgment by us.

We will supply a copy of a design or design application, upon request and payment of a fee.