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The World Intellectual Property Office’s (WIPO’s) member states designated April 26 – the day on which the WIPO Convention came into force in 1970 – as World Intellectual Property Day with the aim of…
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On 11 April 2014 the Higher Regional Court of Cologne overturned the first instance decision in the trademark battle between the two well-known candy manufactures Haribo (gummi bears) and Lindt (chocolate). The…
Besides the traditional fields of trademarks, designs, copyrights, the attorneys at LexDellmeier also advise on media & web issues relating to intellectual property.
Due to the expertise in the fields of IP,…
If you are interested in obtaining a trademark or a design you surely have visited the websites of the relevant offices like GPTO (DPMA), OHIM or WIPO and you will have discovered that they provide a useful…
The creators of works of literature, science and art receive protection for their works through the German Copyright Law (Urheberrechtsgesetz).
Works can be:
Lingual works as writings, speeches, computer…
There are two possibilities:
- Application and registration at the GPTO (DPMA)/ OHIM / WIPO (so called Registered Designs). After application and registration, the design provides protection for 5 years, at…
A design is a commercial property right, which assigns an exclusive right of use for an esthetic design - meaning the outer appearance of products - to its proprietor.
As designs, you could protect:
Two- or…
™ is the abbreviation of „Trademark“;
® is the abbreviation of „Registered“
In Germany those symbols do not constitute a trademark but a registration is required. The use of these symbols is though only…
A trademark is obtained in most countries via a registration (not mere use). The protection of a trademark covers only the territory and the goods and services for which the trademark was registered.
On a…
A trademark is a sign protected by law, serving to distinguish goods and services of one enterprise from those of another. Besides it implies the following functions of:
- origin
- communication
- …