DESIGN
The protection of designs and models protects «the appearance of a product or part thereof as it results in particular from the characteristics of the lines, contours, colours, shape, surface structure and/or materials of the product itself and/or its ornamentation».
Priority search is essential to check the state of the art and identify any previous designs or models that may be an obstacle to your registration. The service is offered at national, European and international level. Design protection protects the external appearance of the product that represents the shape, the design of a product or entire collections. Design is one of the most important strategic levers to respond to the demands of aesthetic innovation, which emerge in the context of production and research-design business. The advantages of design are many. Design means not only care for the aesthetics of a product but the realization of a product "to measure the consumer" with undoubted competitive advantage: design is functionality, usability, aesthetics and orientation. The design extends to industrial or craft products, bi or three-dimensional including packaging, presentations, graphic symbols and typefaces.
A service involving the drafting, filing, and management of national, European, and international models and designs. Management and maintenance of the registration of a model and/or design that can be up to a maximum of 25 years in force. Filing a model or design means, first and foremost, protecting the appearance of a product with competitive and economic advantages for your business. .
Only with surveillance you can periodically monitor the databases, the market and the web in order to avoid usurpation and counterfeiting of your design.
As with all intellectual property titles we assist you in out-of-court and court disputes to protect and defend your design. Design, arising from your research on materials, industrial processes, the market, technical and technological innovations in the sector and representing a strategic asset for the growth of economic activity, must be protected and defended.As with all intellectual property rights, we assist you in non-judicial and judicial disputes to protect and defend your design. Design, stemming from your research on materials, industrial processes, the market, technical innovations, and technology trends in the industry, represents a strategic asset for the growth of your business and should be safeguarded and defended.