{"id":177077,"date":"2022-10-14T04:27:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T03:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/?p=177077"},"modified":"2022-10-18T01:33:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T00:33:15","slug":"best-ip-for-footwear-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/intellectual-property\/best-ip-for-footwear-business\/","title":{"rendered":"What Intellectual Property Rights Are Suitable for a Footwear Business?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you are a footwear business in England, you will likely consider different forms of <a href=\"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/intellectual-property\/intellectual-property-valuable-business-asset\/\">intellectual property protection<\/a>. Therefore, knowing what is available and what kinds of intellectual property will assist your business the best is crucial. This article will discuss various types of intellectual property rights and the protection they can provide for your footwear business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"my-7 lg:my-10 border-y-2 border-gray-100 py-7 lg:py-10 flex flex-col sm:flex-row items-start gap-10\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-52 mx-auto my-0! rounded\" src=\"https:\/\/img.legalvision.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/16051654\/UK-Trade-Mark-Essentials-Screenshot-290x410-1.jpg\" alt=\"Front page of publication\"\n                 loading=\"lazy\" width=\"208\" height=\"298\">\n                <section>\n            <div class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Trade Mark Essentials<\/div>\n            <div class=\"body-text\">\n                <p>LegalVision&#8217;s Trade Mark Essentials Guide provides valuable information for any business looking to register or enforce a trade mark. <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            \n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go.legalvision.co.uk\/uk-trade-mark-essentials-guide.html\" class=\" block px-5 py-3.5 max-w-fit bg-orange button__hover transition rounded text-white font-bold text-lg no-underline uppercase leading-tight text-center\" target=\"\" rel=\"\">Download Now<\/a>        <\/section>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Potential Usage of Trade Marks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Trade marks can take many forms, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>words;<\/li><li>slogans;<\/li><li>sounds;<\/li><li>colours;<\/li><li>symbols;<\/li><li>logos; and<\/li><li>a mix of any of the above.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Use Unregistered Trade Marks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you create a logo for your business in the footwear industry, you can use it freely as long as you are not infringing another business\u2019 intellectual property rights. However, you must always ensure you are not breaching another brand\u2019s exclusive rights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div  class=\"box box--icon box--info\">\n    <p>Your trade mark does not have to be registered for you to use it. This is because trade marks can exist in both unregistered and registered forms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Unregistered trade marks are still able to gain protection rights in the UK. Although, if a competitor used your mark without consent, you would need to prove the trade mark belongs to your business and that you have created goodwill among the public concerning the trade mark. You will also have to prove the competitor using your mark harms your business. 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This is because trade marks are commonly used as business or fashion brand identifiers through things like logos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registering a trade mark with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) provides your business with legally enforceable rights concerning your trade mark. This means you can challenge any competitor that attempts to copy your logo. Concerning footwear businesses, the most famous examples of how trade marks can be used are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>the Nike tick;<\/li><li>the Adidas wording on trainers; or<\/li><li>the inverted CC symbol on Chanel footwear.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These trade marks all identify the relevant brand, which is important because consumers will associate their marks with their trust in the business. Hopefully, this will encourage sales. It also makes your products highly identifiable among a group of like minded products. For example, if your logo is on a pair of trainers, it will be easy to pick out a group of trainers with no prominent symbol or logo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, registered trade marks are easy to protect because of the legal enforcement rights you obtain upon registration. For example, if a competitor uses your registered trade mark without consent, you can contact them and ask for an agreement to stop the usage. If that does not work, you can enforce your rights through a mediation process or formally through the courts. Further, if you decide to do this, you can obtain compensation for any loss you have sustained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Design Rights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another helpful type of intellectual property protection for footwear businesses is design rights. These protect the visual appearance of a product that you have created\u2014for instance, your shoe designs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div  class=\"box box--icon box--idea\">\n    <p>If you want to ensure your competitors cannot copy or reproduce your footwear design, it is wise to register your design rights with the IPO.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the same way as unregistered trade marks, unregistered design rights exist automatically. The shape and configuration of your footwear design will be protected automatically for either ten years after it has been sold or 15 years after its creation, whichever period finishes soonest.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div  class=\"box box--icon box--info\">\n    <!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From the moment your footwear design enters the public, the appearance of the design will be protected for three years. This protection covers the:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list -->\n<ul>\n<li>colour;<\/li>\n<li>shape;<\/li>\n<li>texture; and<\/li>\n<li>materials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have registered your <a href=\"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/intellectual-property\/what-are-design-rights\/\">design rights<\/a>, you can choose to protect the visual appearance of your footwear design entirely or partially. You will obtain exclusivity over that design, and it will be added to a public list of registered designs. In the same way as registered trade marks, if a competitor copies your registered design, you can enforce your intellectual property rights (IP rights) through court and seek compensation. 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Call us today on <a href=\"tel:+448081968584\" class=\"AVANSERnumber dynamic-number\">0808 196 8584<\/a> or visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/membership\">membership page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\"><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1665717568669\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\"><strong>How do I register my trade mark?<\/strong><\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">To register your trade mark, you need to place an application to the Intellectual Property Office. 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