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Trade marks & designs, your name and appearance

R ® 10 20 registration sheet FIG. 1 · TRADE MARK & DESIGN

Trade marks & designs

Besides your technology, your name and appearance deserve protection too. We guide the registration of your trade marks and designs and the procedures around them: searches, opposition and invalidation.

Trade mark

Your name and recognition

The distinctive sign by which the market recognises you, from company name to logo.

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Word mark Figurative mark / logo Slogan Shape Colour
Design

Your styling and design

The distinctive, unique appearance of your product: its shape and looks.

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Styling Silhouette Appearance Ornamentation
The procedures
01 · Search

Available and/or free of conflict?

Checking whether your name, logo or shape conflicts with existing trade marks or designs.

02 · Opposition

Objection

Filing an objection against a conflicting application, or defending you against such an objection.

03 · Invalidation

Challenging

Challenging a registered trade mark or design that stands in the way of your own right.

Cooperation

For trade marks and designs we work together with a specialised trade mark and design attorney. That way your file is in experienced hands, from registration to procedure.

The registers

BOIP

Benelux

Trade marks and designs for Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

EUIPO

European Union

EU trade mark and Community design in a single registration.

WIPO

International

Trade marks and designs worldwide, through one central application.

When do you secure it?

As soon as you choose a name, logo or styling and want to launch or commercialise it. Whoever registers first has a stronger position.

Next step

Is your trade mark or design being copied? Go to enforcement & defence →

Discuss your trade mark or design.

An introductory call is confidential and without obligation. As a patent attorney we are bound by professional secrecy.

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