ACID is the UK’s leading design and intellectual property campaigning membership organisation, a forward thinking trade association for designers and manufacturers and headed by CEO Dids Macdonald, OBE, current Master of The Furnituremakers.

Assisting our members to create a proactive IP strategy to protect IP and designs through IP awareness, education, prevention, deterrence and support remain the cornerstones of our work. Our corporate members benefit from a free Intellectual Property Strategy Review with headline recommendations.

ACID is tackling copying through campaigning for design law reform and one of our significant achievements was the making of the intentional infringement of a registered design a crime in the 2014 IP Act. Individual directors are also liable.. T he formidable track record of settlements against infringers underpins the strength of our ACID brand, used by thousands to deter and stamp out copying. We maintain a robust social media strategy, not only to communicate an anti-copying message but to support our ACID member community with the promotion of new designs, awards and industry news.

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Images courtesy of Halo International, Citradi, Morgan Contract Furniture & Dids Macdonald OBE