Safeguarding Sustainable Innovation: The importance of IP in ethical design
Partner Programme
18 Sept 2025
Other
18 Sept12:00—14:00
Our intellectual property experts will highlight the importance of protecting your sustainable innovation and the steps that designers can take to protect their work whilst retaining their environmental ethics.
The move to a circular economy will be underpinned by sustainable innovation. The message at this year’s World Design Congress is to “design for planet” – a call to all designers to place ecological factors at the heart of their work. Environmental ethics are often superseded by economic pressures when far-flung manufacturing hubs can replicate new products at a fraction of the cost. - How can ethical designers and innovators remain competitive? - What role can intellectual property play in maintaining and protecting the environmental advantages that sustainable design can provide? Designers are increasingly addressing environmental and social issues through their work: 64% of designers have reported an increase in client demand for environmentally focused design over the past three years*. *Source: Design Economy: The Environmental and Social Value of Design, 2025, Design Council Our intellectual property experts will highlight the importance of protecting your sustainable innovation and the steps that designers can take to protect their work whilst retaining their environmental ethics.
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