DESIGNS
The right shape for your business approach
GCA is creating a bridge between creativity and the business world, supporting its Clients in defining the best strategy for their product, understanding that each concept needs to respect both the creation of the product and its commercialization. GCA has a long experience in designs and specializes in protecting designs and models, which allows our Clients to protect the external appearance of the goods they intend to produce.
GCA’s attorneys are the core of this experience: they are in fact registered to practice before the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO), the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM).
Our Services Include
- Evaluation of whether a design or model can be protected
- Providing technical or legal opinions
- Continuous or periodic surveillance on design or models
- Studying, drafting and filing: International and European (EP) and Italian designs or models applications;
- Prosecuting applications, anywhere;
- Assisting in examination procedures
- Representing Clients in opposition procedures, both active and passive;
- Checking and managing designs or models portfolios for maintenance and renewal;
- Searches and surveillance
- Economic evaluations