IP Design
Design has become a major competitive issue.
A form of non-technological innovation, design contributes actively to the success and longevity of a product, whether it expresses a company’s identity or creative strength, supports an innovation or simply sets you apart from the competition. It must therefore be protected effectively.
Creating is good. Being protected is better.
The IP DESIGN team offers a wide range of legal services to acquire, consolidate, enhance and exploit your design rights.
These services include:
Legal risk analysis
- Opinions on design validity
- Copyright opinions
- Searches for registered designs
- Freedom-to-operate studies for designs
- Building evidence files proving authorship of designs
Obtaining and maintaining rights
- Design filing worldwide
- Filing of Soleau envelopes in France (proof of creation lodged with the INPI)
- Handling of examination and registration procedures (office actions)
- Monitoring of protection deadlines and renewal management
Exploiting and enhancing rights
- Negotiation, drafting and review of agreements (assignment, licence, co-ownership, etc.)
- Valuation and enhancement of design portfolios
- Audits and due diligence
- Recordal of designs in national, European and international registers
- Design taxation
Watching and enforcement
- Design watching
- Customs watch
- Technology, competitor and legal monitoring
- Disputes and pre-litigation negotiations
- Invalidity actions against Community (EU) designs
- Court actions in cooperation with highly specialised attorneys-at-law (infringement, unfair competition, infringement seizures (saisie-contrefaçon), customs detention, preliminary injunctions, invalidity actions, ownership claims, etc.)
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