Each ACID member is of great value to us – collectively the stronger we are, the more power we have to improve the rights of designers/manufacturers in the UK.
Your ACID membership gives us the opportunity to help you protect your sweat equity, your products and designs.
ACID assists all its members – whatever size their business – realise the true commercial value of their Intellectual property through a wealth of member benefits and initial free IP legal support.
“We welcome the valuable work that ACID does in communicating the role of design protection”. Robin Webb UK-IPO Director of Innovation.
ACID’s work is endorsed by the UK government and our voice has never been more influential or heard louder within the UK’s creative industries.
“Since its very beginning ACID has taken an active role in raising awareness of the damage caused to the design industry by fake copies. I congratulate Dids Macdonald and her team on the improvements they have stimulated in this area”. Baroness Morgan, former Minister of Intellectual Property
The ACID brand is a powerful, internationally recognised symbol of deterrence and many design thieves think twice before copying an ACID member.
To date there have been over 300 settlements on behalf of ACID members and over £3 million recovered in costs and damages. ACID has also handled over 2000 IP mediations.
Associate Membership – available to any company which actively supports ACID’s work – see member benefits
International membership – membership of ACID is global. We welcome applications from individuals and organisations, in any industry sector, involved in the creation of original design
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Whatever the size of your business, ACID membership offers high value, low cost ways to protect your designs
THE MAIN ACID MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
- Licensed to use the ACID Logo wherever you wish throughout the length of your ACID membership which has a strong deterrent effect
- Free and Unlimited use of the ACID Design Data Bank to give dated evidence of the origination of your designs, pitches and tenders.
- Initial Free Specialist Intellectual Property Advice from the ACID Accredited Law Firms – and discounted rates if you need to take action
- ACID’s online internet presence including the ACID Trading shop where you can join ACID, renew your annual subscription and buy deterrent products and or standard legal agreement templates. Our Internet presence is always developing, with plans for member forums, a booking area for events and workshops and much more to come. www.acidtrading.eu.com
- Don’t forget the membership office hotline – where an experienced team are at the end of a phone line to give you help and advice on intellectual property rights – whatever your industry sector. +44 (0)845 6443617