In many industries, designers, inventors, creatives and even retailers protect new designs using design law. If you want to develop a design strategy, register your designs or enforce them against product imitations, we are just as happy to help you as if you are sued for an alleged design infringement.
Our consulting services in design law
As design law attorneys, we can help you with any questions you may have about this area of law. Call us or send us an email so that we can provide you with individual advice and take care of your concerns.
Is design law the right law for me? What is the difference between a design patent and a utility model? How expensive is design protection? Is copyright law not enough? Are you a designer and have these or similar questions? Then please feel free to contact us. We will explain to you what protection you need and develop a tailor-made design strategy for your project.
Have you developed a new and unique design that you want to protect from imitators? Or are you a retailer and want to prevent your product from being copied? We will develop a protection strategy for you, carry out a design search if required and register your design with the DPMA or EUIPO so that it has the optimal scope of protection.
Design is primarily a right to prohibit. If you don’t use it to prohibit imitations, you are not making full use of your legal options. As a lawyer experienced in cases of infringement, I will work with you to take consistent action against infringements. The options range from warnings, temporary injunctions, and claims for injunctive relief and damages to cancellation proceedings before the relevant authorities. We will advise you comprehensively and ensure that your ideas are not stolen.
It can happen that you have to defend yourself against a design infringement. Such an infringement can happen completely unknowingly, or you have misjudged the limits of freedom of imitation. Often, however, a legal review also shows that there are no claims at all, or that the claims asserted are far too excessive. In all cases, as a lawyer, I will be happy to help you defend yourself intelligently and in a result-oriented manner.
Have you developed a unique design but don’t want to produce the product yourself? Then license it to a manufacturer. We support you in the commercial exploitation of your design with the help of licenses.
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Specialist lawyer for design law
Dr. David Slopek has more than 10 years of intensive practical experience gained in Germany and abroad. After completing his studies, obtaining a Master of Laws and a doctorate at Heinrich-Heine-University-Düsseldorf, he was admitted to the bar by the Düsseldorf Bar Association in 2012. He learned his legal craft from scratch in a leading international law firm, for which he worked for around seven years in Alicante and Hamburg. In 2016, the Hanseatic Bar Association of Hamburg awarded him the title of specialist lawyer for intellectual property law. In addition to his professional qualifications, he has also published extensively, with over 80 specialist publications. He and his team will advise you with expertise and experience in all matters of trademark law.