After over 12 years of determined advocacy, a long-awaited consultation on design and intellectual property (IP) reform arrived in September 2025. This crucial step has the potential to simplify design law, cut the prohibitive costs for SMEs pursuing legal action, and reduce delays in challenging copyists. ACID has tirelessly championed these issues, spotlighting the challenges faced by talented designers whose original creations are all too often shamelessly copied.
Thank you to all who supported us in compiling ACID’s submission to the Design Consultation. Your voices matter and together we can push for change.
Click below to read a summary of our submission.
The Consultation may have closed in November 2025 but ACID’s campaigning continues in 2026 and beyond! We need your help to keep design law reform on the agenda.
Watch our video above to hear key ACID supporters and team members explain why design law reform is so important and read our members’ stories further down the page.
Scroll down to access our template resources. Download our social media statement and spread the word on your channels. Use our template letter to write to your MP and add your voice to ours.
A collective voice is a stronger voice; let’s keep the conversation going!
Download and post our social media statement; show your support on your channels and encourage others to share!
Download this letter and send to your MP to keep design IP reform firmly on the political agenda.
Support our mission to make design laws simpler, ensure cost- and time-effective enforcement, and establish stronger deterrents against infringement.
Sign the ACID IP Charter to pledge your support for intellectual property respect, ethics, and compliance.
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