Designs

INLEX AFRICA team provides a range of services that assist clients in defining the right strategy for the protection, optimization and development of their designs and models. In particular, the following are the services offered by the team:

• Choosing the right protection tool for your design or model
• Prior art searches and the assessment of design or model availability in a particular jurisdiction
• Technical preparation for filing
• Defining the geographic scope of protection sought
• Registration of your design or model
• Monitoring of the examination procedure
• Renewal of design or model protection
• Handling all types of records before national and international Trademark Offices (ownership transfer, change of name or address, licenses, pledges, coexistence agreements and other)
• Optimization of your design and model portfolio
• Development of your designs and models
• Handling the pre-litigation and litigation (cease & desist letter, final notice letter, bailiff summonses, counterfeit seizures, infringement actions, coexistence agreements and other).