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Design is a powerful form of intellectual property and one of the most visible. HRFM is recognized nationwide for expertise in design law, bringing deep proficiency in design protection strategy to clients across industries.

Contact our team or search for an attorney specializing in design.

What Is Design Law?

Design law protects a product's ornamental or aesthetic aspects: how it looks rather than how it works. Protection can take several forms, including design patents, copyrights and trademark and trade dress registrations.

If design plays an integral role in your product or brand value, a comprehensive IP protection strategy is essential.

HRFM's Design Practice

HRFM's design group is highly experienced in evaluating products, patterns, packaging and graphic user interfaces. Our attorneys have extensive expertise in obtaining various forms of design protection and registration in an array of sectors.

National publications frequently call on our design attorneys for comment on relevant cases and the state of design law. These attorneys are also sought-after speakers and writers on design law among members of the profession and industry specialists.

HRFM is perhaps best known for its involvement in a number of landmark design cases. Our practice spans patent, trademark and trade dress, copyright, litigation, licensing, anti-knock-off agreements and confidential disclosures.

Our Design Services

HRFM's design law practice covers a broad range of services, including the following:

• Design patents
• Copyrights
• Trademark and trade dress registrations
• Design-around services
• Design development agreements
• Licensing
• Non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements
• Designer/manufacturer agreements
• Litigation
• Design searches
• Expert witness services
• Tutorials to trade associations and boards on design law issues

How HRFM Can Help

Few firms match HRFM's depth of experience in design law. Our design attorneys have built a national reputation through landmark cases, industry speaking engagements and decades of domestic and international client work.

Headquartered in Albany, New York, with an office in Rochester, we are ready to put that experience to work for you.

Contact us or search for a design attorney to get started.