Anti Copying In Design (ACID) are delighted to be back at Spring Fair 2025!

Anti Copying In Design (ACID) are delighted to be back at Spring Fair 2025!

As the UK’s leading intellectual property (IP) membership and campaigning organisation, ACID’s key objectives are protection, deterrence and education, supporting and engaging with industry partners and stakeholders, and working towards a safer commercial trading framework to enable originators to fully exploit and maximise their IP rights.

 

ACID’s membership community is made up of all manner of designers, creatives and manufacturers, ranging from lone, micro and SMEs to larger corporates, and spanning many industry sectors. Member benefits include access to a IP specialist Legal Affiliates for an hour’s free advice for each separate issue or subject (depending on complexity), and reduced legal fees for any action required. Our members have unlimited, free use of the ACID IP Databank to store their designs, giving that all important 3rd party dated evidence audit trail. ACID’s logo is a recognised deterrent, which our members are licensed to use.  We also have an abundance of factsheets, a quarterly magazine featuring member stories and cutting edge IP news, thriving social media channels and much more.

 

We’re here to make sure you know your IP rights, how to protect them and how to defend them!

 

Exhibitions are often a really exciting time; a time to show your products to the world! But they’re also one of the riskiest times; putting your creativity in the public domain can leave it vulnerable to copycats if you’re not IP prepared. That’s why we created the ACID Accredited Exhibition programme, so that events’ organisers could pledge their commitment to promoting respect, ethics and compliance in IP throughout their events. We’re proud to have Hyve as an ACID Accredited Exhibition partner at their exhibitions in 2025 and beyond. ACID will be on site throughout Spring Fair for help and advice and, if you are concerned you’ve been copied, come and find us for a confidential chat. We’ll be on stand 5M46 along with our fantastic Legal Affiliates McDaniels Law, so don’t hesitate to come by anytime.

 

Another risk to your precious IP is online marketplaces, and we are seeing a vast increase in product copies and stolen images online. That’s why at Spring Fair 2025, ACID are giving a Masterclass in Taking on the Copycats: How the Gifting Industry is Fighting Back

 

Join ACID and our Legal Affiliates, McDaniels Law at 10am on Wednesday 5th February to hear top tips on tackling copycats on online marketplaces. We’ll share ACID Member Lola Design’s inspiring story of defending their renowned products, from successful takedowns to impactful discussions with their MP. We’ll help you gain valuable insights to protect your designs and stand up against IP infringement.

 

To find out more about ACID’s work, our organisation, membership benefits or anything else, please email info@acid.uk.com.

 

Why not attend one of our free webinars? Find out about our events here.

 

Subscribe to our magazine and read all about our work and membership community.

 

Website: https://www.acid.uk.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AntiCopyingInDesign/

Twitter: @ACID_tweets 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/anti-copying-in-design

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anti.copying.in.design/

 

Sign the ACID IP Charter and pledge your support to respect, ethics and compliance throughout our creative communities: https://www.acid.uk.com/become-a-charter-signatory/

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