Design monitoring

Design monitoring

As soon as you have filed your design for registration, you should consider monitoring your registered design for the purposes of tracking the competition and being able to defend your design. How do you know if your design isn’t being used illegally elsewhere? This is where we can help by monitoring your design for you.

Using design monitoring to your advantage

With our design monitoring service you can identify new trends and developments and keep track of your competitors’ activities.

Results and benefits of design monitoring:

  • protection against unauthorised use of your design by third parties
  • early identification of new trends and developments in your field, putting you in a position to react promptly to changes on the market
  • ability to observe your competitors.

The DPMA does not carry out checks!

With new applications, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office does not examine whether a design has already been registered. Consequently, it is possible for a third party to submit a duplicate application.

Tailored monitoring options

Working with you, we jointly put together and define the basis for design monitoring. We offer the following types of searches:

Competitor design monitoring

We create a tailored profile for you for the purpose of monitoring a competitor or a product. The search is carried out for German, international and Community designs. Other countries are also possible by arrangement. Results are sent to you immediately after monitoring.

Design owner monitoring

Have you got a similar design but can’t enter the market with it due to existing rights? This is where regular monitoring of the corresponding design owners is helpful.