The design patent - an underestimated property right

Publications | 01.01.2008

Plagiarists have a very hard time when the original manufacturer can pull out the sharp weapon of the design patent. It is incomprehensible that this powerful and inexpensive right is not used more often. Do not rely on protection under copyright law, which requires the design you have created to be classified as a personal intellectual creation, or on protection under competition law, which requires an unfair form of imitation. Use the registered design. This offers you a documented right that can be registered quickly and easily and is strong. In this way, you spoil the taste of plagiarists for imitations.

In the following summary, we tell you why the design patent could be the right IP right to defend your creative ideas.

The design patent - an underestimated property right (German)

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