Unregistered Design Right and Copyright

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This paper compares the unregistered design right and copyright in the U.K. and discusses how copyright is incorporated into the unregistered design right and applied in practice, which is different from that in copyright.
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Introduction
Similarities Between Unregistered Design and Copyright
How Unregistered Design Differs in Practice
Conclusions

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"Innovation and creativity are essential pillars of social evolution. People began viewing adapted and applied knowledge as intangible assets from the early years of the industrial revolution. Products of aesthetic thought and expression have been more difficult to protect and defend than the outputs of scientific research and development. Problems of specification of intellectual property have become more controversial with the spread of digital technology in the form of computers. Print media have advantages that arise from their tangible form, over music, film and designs of commercial importance, though elements of subjectivity in judging whether a piece of work is a copy or essentially new, cannot be avoided altogether. The migration of mature economies from manufacturing to services has heightened the need to protect intangible assets. "

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