Who can join?
Corporate membership is open to companies with an annual turnover in excess of £500,000 and offers an opportunity as advocates for original design to influence our lobbying activities and to articulate this message through declared corporate social responsibility ensuring that IP ethics, respect and compliance are tangible and communicated.
Corporate Members have access to a unique range of ACID benefits including an IP strategy review, initial, free specialist IP legal advice, mediation, networking and all the latest news on IP and campaigns. To retain the integrity of our membership, all members must be designers or have a design capability and the majority of their products must be designed either in-house or by commissioned designers and sign up to the ACID Code of Conduct. We also welcome manufacturers to join ACID who have entered into licence agreements with freelance designers in which the intellectual property rights are assigned to the manufacturer. As a key influencer and IP advocate this is an opportunity to join a community with a proven track record in raising the importance of the protection of intellectual property to achieve growth. Our ACID corporate members add a united and significant voice to our arguments to Government and policy makers about the importance of IP protection and enforcement to achieve growth and preserve jobs to ensure job security. Corporate members represent the most significant sector leaders within our 20+ industry sector demographic.