In Short... Intellectual Property

Article by Mr Charters Macdonald - Brown, Mr Simon Chalkley and Mr John Reddington

Perhaps it is a sign of the growing importance of design rights that Lord Justice Jacob’s . rst case in the Court of Appeal related to a dispute over the design of an umbrella cover.

The case, Fulton v Totes Isotoner (UK), in which Jones Day acted for Fulton, was heard in October 2003 and judgment in favour of Fulton was delivered in November. Reported below.

Protection for designs in the EU has recently been extended with introduction of the new Community design rights. We look forward to seeing the extent to which those rights will be used by rights’ owners.