Designs
Designs
“You get what you see!” This fundamental rule, and quite different to many other legal regimes like in the USA, applies to German and EU designs. Therefore, when seeking protection for a shape, trade dress, or specific parts of your products, a proper cost-efficient strategy and suitable reproduction of the designs is of the essence. Only on this basis your IP can serve as a powerful means of solid enforcement.
Particularly, by providing you with the following services:
- Prior art searches on existing third-party designs
- Filing strategies and defining scope, and number of views for your German, EU, and international design applications
- Conducting due diligence and FTO searches in connection with use, purchase, or assignment of designs, M&A, license, and other transactions
- Portfolio management worldwide
- Design watch services worldwide
- Filing Protective Brief in anticipation of potential request for preliminary injunction
- Design cancellation proceedings on all grounds available and at all levels before all competent Offices and Courts throughout Germany, before the EU-Design Office (EUIPO), and before the European Court of Justice (ECJ)
- Litigation before all competent courts in Germany up to the Federal Supreme Court (BGH), as well as handling cross-border enforcement of EU designs
- Custom seizure proceedings, in Germany and for the entire EU
- Negotiating settlements, license agreements, and assignments
Providing legal training and seminars at your business, and in-house consulting for your portfolio management, designed to address your specific needs and requirements.