Free expert advice: Protect your ideas on the IHK day!

Free expert advice: Protect your ideas on the IHK day!

In times when innovative ideas and technical inventions conquer the market, it is essential to legally secure these developments. That is why the Lüneburg-Wolfsburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in cooperation with the IHK Elbe-Weser, offers a free telephone consultation day on Wednesday, June 18 to 2 p.m. Here, interested inventors and entrepreneurs can get information about commercial property rights.

An experienced patent attorney is ready to clarify legal questions about the protection of ideas in confidential discussions. "Regardless of whether it is about the legal protection of technical inventions, design protection for product design ideas or brand identification - participants are just right here," said a spokesman for the IHK. The advice aims to provide the callers the necessary information to apply and enforce property rights.

importance of the property rights

Why are property rights actually so important? Intellectual property ensures the exclusivity of creative creations and exploitation rights. Protecting commercial inventions, designs and brands helps companies protect their ideas from imitation. In addition to patents and utility patterns, there are other protection options, such as copyright and design protection. These are recorded in official registers and thus offer a legal basis for the marketing and use of ideas.

Before making an application, however, a thorough research on existing property rights is essential to avoid injuries. The German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) recommends solid preparation and offers help via various channels, including patent information centers and customer service.

insights into commercial property rights

• patents: These shooters technical inventions that are new, inventive and commercially applicable.
• utility pattern: a faster variant of patent protection that is suitable for many developments.
• designs: This can protect the external shape and color design of a product.
• brands: You secure the identity of a company and its products.

The EU has also tried to harmonize the rights of intellectual property in order to standardize protection within the member states. For example, the Union brand and the Union taste pattern are central components of this level of protection that apply across Europe.