Discover how to avoid costly mistakes and leverage the
latest EU developments to your advantage with our guide to EU
registered and unregistered design rights and the Hague system for
international design filings.
Design rights may not always have enjoyed the same prominence as
patent and trademark registrations, but this has been quietly
changing. The number of design filings is increasing year after
year; in particular, through international filing systems, such as
the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of
Industrial Designs.
As Questel's Elena Galletti and Brandstock Legal's
Rebeca Bonet covered in our recent webinar on how to 'Future-Proof Your EU Designs,' the Hague
Agreement (along with the Paris Convention for the Protection of
Industrial Property) represents a pivotal channel for brand owners,
especially as new countries in Asia, Africa, and South America
accede to the system.
