Free IHK advice: Protect your ideas and inventions!

Free IHK advice: Protect your ideas and inventions!

Lüneburg, Deutschland - good news for inventors and creative minds in northern Germany! The Lüneburg-Wolfsburg and Elbe-Weser industrial and commercial chambers offer free telephone consultation appointments on commercial property rights in July. On two days, July 23 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and July 30th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., an experienced patent attorney is available to give valuable insights.

In the confidential discussions, participants can present their developments or ideas and learn which property rights are suitable for their projects. The focus is on the legal protection of technical inventions, design protection for product design ideas and questions about brand identification. This information is worth gold, especially for creative minds, because they help to effectively secure intellectual property.

What is meant by commercial protection rights?

commercial property rights are essential to secure the exclusivity of inventions, designs and brand names. They fall under the concept of intellectual property (intellectual property, IP), which includes useful inventions, designs and brand names. Such property rights are entered in an official register, which protects the exploitation rights. This means that others cannot simply copy or use their ideas.

In order to secure your own intellectual property as best as possible, it is important to find out about the various protection options. This includes patents for technical inventions and new processes, utility patterns for products, brands for brand names and designs for external shape and color design. Before registering such rights, however, a thorough research on existing property rights is essential. This is the only way to minimize the risk of violations of existing property rights, recommends the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA).

The registration - an important step

When it comes to registration of patents, they are checked in terms of content, while user patterns and design registrations are only formally checked. It is important to note that the brand position checks the protective ability of brands, but does not take into account the existence of older brands. The professional help of patent attorney and patent rapporteurs is more than advisable.

The information provided on application procedures, enforcement and expected costs are invaluable for potential applicants. In addition, participants also receive tips on research in order to optimally prepare for the conversation.

If you want to take part in the telephone consultation dates, you can register at Gritt Sonnenberg on 04131 742-142 or by email at gritt.onnenberg@ihklw.de. Alternatively, the website www.ihk.de/ihklw/schutzrechte

Take the opportunity to put your project on safe legs and effectively protect your own intellectual property! For creative inventors and innovative minds in the region, the chance could offer their own work.