The United Kingdom Government has launched an important 12 -week consultation, which takes place from September 4 to November 27, 2025, to review the United Kingdom design framework and strengthen its design sector of £ 100 billion (~ $ 135.08 billion).
The Intellectual Property Office is looking for opinions from independent creators, luxury brands and other professionals. With around 80,000 companies and almost 2 million jobs, the sector is a critical growth promoter.
From the catwalks of London Fashion Week to excellence in British automotive engineering, British design establishes international trends and drives economic growth. However, from traditional crafts to the digital vanguard design, British creativity helps shape the world, said the Intellectual Property Office in a statement.
“From Mini to Burberry and the Underground map of London, British Design is recognized worldwide for their creativity and innovation. These reforms will help eliminate barriers and facilitate designers from all shapes and sizes to protect their creations, cementing our position as one of the world's main destinations for the investment and innovation of the design.” Feryal Clark MP, Minister of Intellectual Property He said in a statement.
The consultation addresses the key challenges: a mosaic of overlapping rights that cause confusion, abuse through dishonest presentations, complications after brexit and obsolete rules that cannot protect modern digital designs and created by AI.
The proposals include the theft of combat design through improved search and exam powers, stronger bad faith provisions and the rejection of presentations that lack novelty.
Another approach is to rationalize the processes harmonizing the procedures, consolidating the unregistered rights, providing clearer orientation and introducing postponement provisions for up to 18 months. The proposals also aim to solve problems related to Brexit by offering practical solutions for designs that lost automatic protection of the United Kingdom-EU.
In terms of application and justice, a new track of small claims within the court of the Intellectual Property Company is suggested to allow the affordable resolution of the design disputes. Finally, to modernize for digital innovation, proposals recommend accepting CAD files and video evidence, update definitions and review the scope of protection for designs created by AI.
“The design is in the heart of everything we do as a creative nation. However, protecting brilliant design ideas has become unnecessarily complex. If you are a small company or a new company with an innovative idea, you should not need extensive legal experience just to navigate the system. That is why we are consulting in the simplification of our designs. Foundation for the next wave of British innovation that will boost growth in the whole country,” Chris Bryant MP, Minister of Creative Industries, saying.
The authorities say that these changes could deliver the most significant reform in decades, ensuring that Great Britain designers are equipped to compete worldwide. The consultation responses will help shape the final policy options for the ministers.
“The United Kingdom's fashion and textile association welcomes this consultation with approval and undertakes to work with the OPI to guarantee robust design rights and effective protection mechanisms that support the creatives of the United Kingdom and help build a world -class design rights framework.” Paul Alger Mbe, International Business Director, Fashion and Textile Association of the United Kingdom, saying.
“The British retail consortium welcomes the government's consultation on the modernization of the United Kingdom design protection system. Design is essential for retail success, from innovative containers and store designs to digital interfaces that improve the customer experience,” he said Helen Dickinson Obe, CEO of the British retail consortium.
The Government has launched a 12 -week consultation to modernize the United Kingdom's design protection system, with a value of £ 100 billion (~ $ 135.08 billion) annually and supporting 2 million jobs. Proposals The objective theft, simplifies complex rights, resolves the challenges after Brexit and strengthens digital and AI protections. Directed until November 27, 2025, the review invites the contributions of designers and legal professionals.
Fiber2Fashion News Desk (HU)
