Welcome to ACID

About ACID

ACID (Anti Copying In Design) is a membership trade organisation, set up as a round table action group in 1996, by designers for designers. 

ACID is committed to raising awareness & encouraging respect for IP within individual & corporate responsibility. By helping its members to understand and protect their rights, ACID is intent on stamping out intellectual property rights abuse. 

ACID’s powerful logo is a real symbol of deterrence, actively helping its members protect against the potentially devastating damage inflicted by IP infringement. To date, ACID Accredited Law Firms have achieved over £3million in costs and damages in over 450 settlements. 

ACID are pleased to offer a 10% discount off Membership of ACID to Gold members of the Guild of Jewellery Designers.

In 1996, I collaborated with an IP lawyer to create a plan to help David fight Goliath.

Today, ACID represents thousands of designers. We proudly stand on the frontline of the ongoing battle against design theft and strive to help promote design-originality as a genuine route to a creator’s growth. We are a united front; offering assistance and recourse to designers wherever possible. The ACID community grows larger and stronger every day and we are determined to fight for designers to have their voices heard.”