DESIGNS

The design of products and of packaging and advertising goods has gained an ever increasing importance for the market position of companies of all branches. The design group of Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser has many years of national and international experience in counseling and advising clients on how to achieve the best protection for a design by selecting the most suitable filing technique and strategy.

Generally, protection is achieved through registration with a competent authority in each country where protection is desired. Additionally, under the Hague agreement, a procedure for an international registration is offered based on a single international deposit. Moreover, design protection can also be achieved throughout the European Union by a single deposition with the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) at Alicante, Spain.

Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser assists its clients in protecting and enforcing their rights related to designs. The attorneys working in the design group, amongst whom being one of the renown experts in design protection in Germany and co-author of one of the leading commentaries, have long-standing experience in this specific field of law.

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