5.3. PROTECTION OF MODELS AND DESIGNS IN THE EU
Information source: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) |
The registered community design:
- gives the exclusive right to use the design in commerce and take legal action against infringers and to claim damages,
- serves as a deterrent against infringement,
- is a rapidly obtained right with few formalities,
- is a right valid throughout the EU market,
- is a protection that allows you to forbid unauthorized production of your design
in all the EU countries and stop imports into the EU at all possible entry points.