Re: Poor Man's Copyright---British style???

Tim Jackson wrote:

(snipped for clarity)
> 
> > what is the best way to protect one's design right?
> 
> Section 104(2) of the Copyright etc. Act that I quoted earlier doesn't
> apply to design right - only to copyright in a literary, dramatic,
> musical or artistic work.  So you don't get the benefit of the
> presumption under that section.
> 
> As you've already said, design right arises automatically.  Like
> copyright, it's free, with no registration, and in principle no need to
> do anything. 

Mr. Jackson,

under US patent law, you can get patent issued for a design.
I am just looking at design patents 324,123 to 324,287.

Are you suggesting that there is no need to file design patent
application ?

Jack