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Design Searching

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Publication date
1 January 2015 (Last updated on: 1 January 2022)
Author
European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency
Publication type
  • Factsheet

Description

Risks of investing in non-original design or filing an application for identical or confusingly similar design can be avoided or at least limited by performing design searching.This fact sheet focusses on the main characteristics of design searching as a best practice allowing companies and designers to keep up with the latest market trends and look at designs that may impede the possibility to acquire protection or infringe the rights on their design creations.

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1 JANUARY 2015
Design Searching