The IP Law Firm (Patent Attorney and Certified IP Lawyer) offers the following services regarding designs (e.g. in Germany and Europe):
Representation at Trademark Offices by European and German Patent Attorney:
National, regional and international applications for design registrations (design prosecution and registration) (e.g. German Design at German Patent and Trade Mark Office in Munich, European Design at EUIPO in Alicante, International Design according to the Hague System for the International Registration of Designs at WIPO in Geneva)
Nullity proceedings
Renewal of design registrations, payment of maintanance / annual fees
Assignment / transfer of designs (application / registration)
Procurement of priority document and certificates
Applications for change of register (e.g. change of ownership)
Extrajudicial and judicial representation (enforcement and defense of claims) by Patent Attorney and German Certified IP Lawyer:
Authorisation enquiry
Warning letters (German: “Abmahnung”) due to design infringements as well as (modified) declarations to discontinue
Contractual penalty due to declarations to cease and desist
Interim injunctions due to design infringements
Law suits concerning design infringements
Cancellation suits
General services:
Design consulting and development
Design searches (by us or in cooperation with specialists)
Monitoring terms of designs
Supervising design portfolios
Drafting of contracts regarding design sales and buys
License agreements for designs (negotiation, drafting)
