Copyright and Designs

Copyright protection is the law’s primary mechanism for incentivising for the generation of creative subject matters (such as works of literature, art, music and film), and for regulating the use of such subject matters by others. Design registration is the law’s primary mechanism for providing proprietary rights over the appearance of a mass-produced object. This subject explores in detail the law, policy, theory and practice of the copyright regime, of the design registration system, and of the relationship between the two.