Designs

Designs can be protected under Benelux Law by filing a design application with the Benelux Intellectual Property Office. Any "new" design of a product with a utilitarian function can thus be covered. The same applies for design protection for the EU by means of the RCD (Registered Community Design). The EU also affords protection for unregistered designs. A third option it is to obtain protection by filing a Madrid Design Application through WIPO.  This type of protection covers the countries that you designate in your application (as with trademarks), whereas the RCD automatically covers all EU countries

The type of objects to think of are:

• Chairs, tables

• Lamps

• Garlic presses

• Chips (both edible and non-edible)

• Logo's (yes, logo's)
One important rule to remember with regard to design protection is that the publication of a design before filing the application can make the registration vulnerable, since it could lead to loss of novelty at filing time. Also, any subsequent application should be filed within 6 months from the first application.

Patents

Euromarks can advises you on patents but works with associates for the prosecution of patent applications.

Social Media and other IP Rights

As for the these areas, to name here copyright, trade name, plant breeder's rights and problems with names on Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp and what have you, the best thing to do is contact us. We will tell you what Euromarks can mean for you in these cases. Even if someone else is using your brand as an ad word with Google, you can contact us. There will be information here about the options that you have if that happens.

IP Related Other Services

Other area's we can help you in are:

• license agreements
  
• distributor agreements
  
• infringement matters (not litigation - better to avoid)
  
• strategy in chosing the best route for protection, in view of competition or potential hurldles 
  
• trademark watch services + related monitoring services (domains, use in social media)
  

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Domain names

Though not strictly "intellectual property", Euromarks has always offered customers checking, registering and challenging of domain name registrations.

Practice Areas

Our field of activity is securing (prosecution ) and advising on intellectual property rights. This includes: 

• Trademarks    
  
• Designs    
  
• Domain names     
  
• Patents     
  
• Social Media and Other Rights
  
  

Trademarks

Benelux Trademark Law affords protection to any sign capable of distinguishing a product or service from those of others. This means apart from words, letters, numbers and combinations, slogans - colors and shapes of products - even advertising tunes and scents.

A trademark registration for any of the following territories will always cover all three countries (BeNeLux):

• The Netherlands
  
• Belgium
  
• Luxembourg
  

There are three ways of obtaining trademark protection for the Benelux:

• a national Benelux application
  
• a European Community Trademark Application (EUTM, formerly known as CTM)
  
• a Madrid or "International" trademark application designating the Benelux
  

This also means that any prior availability searches - which we recommend - will have to include all three separate registries.

As the name Euromarks implies, our main activity centers around the European Union Trademark (EUTM). The registration are administered by the European Intellectual Property Office (formerly the Office for Harminisation in the Internal Market).

This includes:

• filing and further prosecution of applications (individual or collective/certification marks)
  
• oppositions
  
• cancellations/recovations
  

Euromarks further handles Madrid applications and applications anywhere in the world (as do most trademark agencies, for that matter). For national applications outside the Benelux, except the EUTM and Madrid applications we rely on a network of agents around the world, most of whom we have been working with for many years.