Registering Your Industrial Design
A lot of money and time can be spent researching and designing the look and function of a product, it’s very important to keep this investment safe. David Canton, a business lawyer, has a great post back in June regarding how to keep your designs safe from copycats.
Industrial designs are often thought of as being like a utility patent, which protects useful inventions. Indeed, in the United States, registered industrial designs are known as design patents and are registered within the patent registry.
In reality, industrial designs are more akin to a cross between copyrights and trademarks. A trademark protects words or images used to brand products or services, while copyright prevents the copying of artistic works.
So how does one go about obtaining an industrial design?
Thanks David for this great post.
Click here to read David’s full article on registering a creative industrial design.
Ever since I can remember, I’ve been drawing cars. I grew up loving to draw, paint, take pictures, take things apart, and put things back together. I suppose, becoming an Industrial Designer was one of the simplest decisions I’ve ever made.