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The Intellectual Property Lawyer's Association (IPLA) has
submitted a response to the UK Intellectual Property Office
Consultation on the reform of the UK Designs Legal Framework
Following the Government's
review of intellectual property by Professor Ian Hargreaves CBE-MA
Cambridge in May 2011, there has been an acknowledgement of the
importance of design rights to growth and the Government is now
looking for improvement within the designs intellectual property
framework.
The IPO has published a series of proposals [www.ipo.gov.uk/consult-2012-designs.pdf]
and has called upon interested parties and influential bodies in UK
intellectual property to respond. The IPLA is made up of those
firms of solicitors (and some patent attorneys) in England and
Wales, with significant intellectual property practices. It acts as
a centralised voice for lobbying for improvements in the law and
practice in the UK.
Stephen Welfare, Head of IP at Royds, was a member of the IPLA
Working Party on the Design Law consultation.
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