Brexit
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Draft Brexit Deal: How It Could Affect Designers And Creative Businesses
Assuming May's plan does go through, the plan is likely to have an impact on the design and creative industries."Our prosperous creative industries and their artists - musicians, dancers, artists, designers - rely on freedom of movement for work," she says.
"Why would take a UK studio or designer when they could take someone from the EU?". Additionally, the Government's draft agreement implies there could be higher fees and potential loss of access to study grants and loans for EU students who are not permanently based in the UK, which could put them off from studying here.
Currently, all designs created within the UK are protected by both EU and UK design laws, including unregistered design rights, which are automatic, and registered design rights, which designers need to apply for.
EU design rights will no longer apply to designs created or used in the UK, meaning a design's protection across European countries will disappear - but the Government has confirmed that it will grant national rights in place of these so designers "Do not have any loss of rights or gap in protection in the UK". If designers or businesses have already registered their designs under EU law, they will not need to pay a fee and do not need to do anything - the transition to the new UK rights will be automatic.
Dawton says the organisation is happy with what the Government has proposed on IP and copyright, particularly on not charging UK designers to transfer their rights over.
Many have interpreted this as an implied reduced ability for EU designers to remain in and travel to the UK, higher costs for trade of goods and services, and more bureaucracy and red tape around protecting designs through IP and trademark.
- < ^ If deal goes ahead, impact on design industry.shapesalad
- None of that will matter, once you break with the EU it's gonna look like Walking Dead over there. You better learn to fight zombies quick!robotron3k
- err the deal is to keep in europe so the impact will be zero until the europeans let us out of the contract which lasts for the next 100 years - its no brEXITtrooperbill
- Yeah, I read the deal, not all sections, just the bits relevant to me, sounds ok... but yeah, better to stay in.shapesalad