Gowling WLG is taking part in London Design Festival for the eighth consecutive year in September via webinar.
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness". That was Oscar Wilde's view, but for designers, being ripped off risks being very harmful indeed. When does "taking inspiration" cross the line?
Our Head of Brands and Designs, John Coldham, will be hosting a panel discussion with leading designers John Ayton MBE, co-founder of Links of London and Annoushka, Martin Darbyshire, founder of tangerine, and Sam Jacob, founder of Sam Jacob Studio, to discuss how designers can use intellectual property to help the business side of design so that when you are copied, it can be turned into a positive.
Register
The webinar will take place on Wednesday, 16th September 2020 at 11:00am and you can register here.
Designs for Life
This webinar offers a great opportunity to hear from a number of leading designers, with different types of experience, about how protecting innovation is a crucial part in the business side of design.
For more information on this, visit our Designs for Life page, which includes our essential guide to design law. Made for designers, the three-part guide explores the key considerations in the design, protection and enforcement process.
London Design Festival Podcasts
Below are useful podcasts from our previous London Design Festival panels that provide information and advice
- A multigenerational world - design to meet the challenge - a podcast, speaking to real design experts about how they approach design to make it better for all.
- Design Protection: hindsight giving insight - a podcast series offering designers advice on protecting their creations, with Rob Law (Trunki), Ellie Runcie (Design Council), Martin Darbyshire (tangerine) and Milan Patel (Ceravision).
- Our Design team hosted a London Design Festival event alongside three of Britain's leading designers, talking Making the most of designs, in a series of Podcast discussions with Richard Joseph (Joseph Joseph), Martin Darbyshire (tangerine) and Rob Law (Trunki).
- Stop the copycats - protect your designs - John Coldham is joined by Martin Darbyshire (tangerine) and Romi Matthews (Bluebell) to discuss how designers can protect their creativity against copycats to ensure their investment is not wasted.
