Your design – protected against imitation

We support clients in registering their designs – with personal consultation, tailored strategies, and protection against imitation.

  • Checkmark Drafting of professional design applications – including for complex products
  • Checkmark Advice on how to avoid existing designs or design rights
  • Checkmark Optimal representation of your product in the application – including for multiple variants
  • Checkmark Design protection for Amazon sellers – safeguards against imitation and listing copies
  • Checkmark Filing with the DPMA, EUIPO or WIPO
  • Checkmark Coordination of global design protection through our international network of patent attorneys
  • Checkmark Personal advice from experienced patent attorneys
  • Checkmark Transparent fixed fees – no hidden costs
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Do you want to protect not only your visual design idea, but also the name and the idea or invention of your product?

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Design Protection & Design Rights
Strategies for Product Design

Register designs, check and challenge third-party rights, enforce rights.

Design protection for online sellers – why a registered design makes the difference

Online platforms like Amazon, Etsy or eBay have democratized market access – but they have also increased the need for protection. Sellers of innovative products are quickly faced with imitations. Without a registered design, there is often little recourse. The situation becomes critical when a third party registers the design with the DPMA or EUIPO and manages to block your own listings.

A registered design protects the external appearance of your product and allows you to assert formal IP rights on platforms like Amazon.

We advise clients on how to present their product effectively and register variations efficiently – ensuring robust protection for your innovation.

Presenting your product in the application

 

 

The correct presentation of a product in a design application is crucial for determining the scope of protection. The boundaries of protection are fixed upon filing – subsequent changes are generally not permitted. Incomplete or ambiguous views can result in competitors bypassing protection or in ambiguity during enforcement. At the same time, unnecessary limitations should be avoided.

We provide comprehensive advice on optimal presentation, the selection of appropriate formats and the choice of views to ensure a clear and enforceable scope of protection.

Design search before market entry – keeping IP rights in view

Before launching a new product, it is advisable to check for existing design rights. Registered designs protect the appearance of a product and may affect your scope of action. Our experienced patent attorneys analyze relevant IP rights and advise on how to shape your product to avoid infringement. Early analysis ensures legal certainty and freedom to operate.

What can be protected as a design?

Design protection covers the external appearance of a product, including its shape, lines, colours and surface texture. Examples of protectable designs include:

  • HäkchenFurniture, watches, textiles, electrical appliances
  • HäkchenPackaging, decorative elements and patterns
  • HäkchenUser interfaces and graphical user interfaces (GUI)
  • HäkchenMotion sequences and animations

We help assess the eligibility of your designs for protection and develop a well-considered filing strategy – to ensure strong and lasting design protection.

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Do you have legal questions regarding your design?
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