October 2012
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Following Government's response to the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property and Growth, and timed as the Intellectual Property Office was due to respond to its current consultation on the future of the UK design rights system, this seminar brought together key policymakers and stakeholders to discuss how the UK's intellectual property framework can better support innovation and growth in design and design related industries.
The seminar provided delegates with an opportunity to assess possible reforms to what Hargreaves labeled "a patchwork of protection" - looking at the future of registered and unregistered design rights at domestic and community levels, as well as how design rights interact with other areas of intellectual property law such as copyright. Sessions also included stakeholder perspectives on how policymakers can better help UK designers establish, maintain and profit from their design rights when trading internationally, with latest thinking on the value of design to the UK in the global economy.
