Our combined technical-legal and administrative expertise means that our services related to the protection and enforcement of designs go beyond mere file management. We analyze each option to provide a service tailored to our clients’ needs, optimizing their design portfolio while covering legal requirements in registration, litigation, and contractual matters.
In general, industrial designs may consist of three-dimensional elements, such as the shape of a product; two-dimensional elements, such as decorations, patterns, lines or colors; as well as a combination of both.
Designs grant their holders exclusive rights for a period of up to 25 years. A registered design only has effect in the countries where it has been filed or granted, although it is possible to register a design in any country worldwide. Among other requirements, designs must be novel, making it essential to define a protection strategy tailored to each client’s needs.
Advisory
At Abril Abogados, we consider it essential to provide prior legal advice to our clients when registering designs. Our role as lawyers allows us to clearly define the objectives of the registration with our clients, enabling us to recommend the most appropriate option.
In this regard, designs offer rights holders various options to protect their creations through the different variants that a design may include, allowing multiple variations to be protected under a single application and at reduced cost.
