{"id":2933,"date":"2021-03-22T11:08:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T10:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arqis.com\/?post_type=themenschwerpunkte&#038;p=2933"},"modified":"2026-02-09T11:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:27:24","slug":"designprotection","status":"publish","type":"themenschwerpunkte","link":"https:\/\/www.arqis.com\/en\/themenschwerpunkte\/designschutz\/","title":{"rendered":"Design protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cmp07-block_738171b915ee2fa02f8e08ac4b90ddd7\" class=\"cmp07 image-article header-intro-text\">\n    <section id=\"header\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"row scrollreveal position-relative pb-0\">\n                <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-7 col-xl-8\">\n                                        <h1 class=\"title\">Design protection<\/h1>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"subnav\">\n                                            <div class=\"group-leader-image filter-none\"><div class=\"filter-none\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.arqis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ARQIS_Schulze_11Feb2021_2__A720831_prv-scaled.jpg);\"><\/div><\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"navpoints\">\n                        <div class=\"header\"><a href=\"#header\">Design protection<\/a><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"content\">Themen<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"contents\">\n\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <!---Share Links -->\n    <\/div>\n\n    <section class=\"header-intro section-padding\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"row scrollreveal\">\n                <div class=\"col-12 offset-lg-1 col-lg-6\">\n                                        <div class=\"description\">\n                        <p>In very competitive sectors of industry, product design often plays a decisive role in the buying decision The \u2018look\u2019 is a factor contributing to the success of product commercialisation that shouldn\u2019t be underestimated.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<div id=\"tni01-block_4f6456a3c30b51be89ee9bddf4150c73\" class=\"tni01 mirrored toc zierelement-none acf\/tni01 section-img-top\"  data-toctitle=\"Designschutz als Alternative\">\n    <section>\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                                    <div class=\"col-lg-4 offset-lg-1 scrollreveal position-relative z-index-2\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arqis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ARQIS_17Mai2021_7204201_prv-scaled-aspect-ratio-357-450-scaled-812x1024.jpg\" class=\"filter-none\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arqis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ARQIS_17Mai2021_7204201_prv-scaled-aspect-ratio-357-450-scaled-812x1024.jpg 812w, https:\/\/www.arqis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ARQIS_17Mai2021_7204201_prv-scaled-aspect-ratio-357-450-scaled-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.arqis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ARQIS_17Mai2021_7204201_prv-scaled-aspect-ratio-357-450-scaled-768x969.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.arqis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ARQIS_17Mai2021_7204201_prv-scaled-aspect-ratio-357-450-scaled-1218x1536.jpg 1218w, https:\/\/www.arqis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ARQIS_17Mai2021_7204201_prv-scaled-aspect-ratio-357-450-scaled-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/www.arqis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ARQIS_17Mai2021_7204201_prv-scaled-aspect-ratio-357-450-scaled-634x800.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.arqis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ARQIS_17Mai2021_7204201_prv-scaled-aspect-ratio-357-450-scaled.jpg 1624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 position-relative z-index-1\">\n                        <div class=\"scrollreveal position-relative\">\n                                                                                        <h2 class=\"title\">Design protection as an alternative<\/h2>\n                                                        <p class=\"p1\">If the level of patent protection is too high, design protection is an interesting alternative that is underrated by many people. However, they are wrong to underrate it, as the ARQIS IP team has proven on many occasions. It is actually a very quick and affordable way to establish a very strong legal position.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"txt01-block_ef1c3789a5858fbf15c79e944362302a\" class=\"txt01 toc zierelement-none acf\/txt01\"  data-toctitle=\"Unser IP-Team\">\n    <section>\n        <div class=\"container position-relative\">\n\n                            <div class=\"row scrollreveal\">\n                    <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-8 offset-lg-1\">\n                                                                            <h2 class=\"title hyphens\">Comprehensive advice thanks to many years of experience<\/h2>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"row scrollreveal\">\n                <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-8 offset-lg-1\">\n                    <p class=\"p1\">European design patents protect innovatively designed products as a whole and also in terms of their individual design elements, such as packaging, logo, special fonts and user interfaces, or light signal-based communication functions.<\/p>\n<p>Our IP team can provide comprehensive advice based on its many years of experience in design protection. We can use your early CAD data to tell you which of the product components should be protected, and apply for national and international design protection on your behalf, also in the USA, China and the EU. On that basis we can develop a strong and impressive IP portfolio for you in a very short time.<\/p>\n                                                        <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"cta07-block_b3bd0961486a5d49d144160dd9c59899\" class=\"cta07 toc acf\/cta07\"  data-toctitle=\"Kontakt\">\n    <section class=\"scrollreveal\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                <div class=\"col-12 col-md-7\">\n                                            <h2 class=\"title hyphens\">How can we support you?<\/h2>\n                                        <div class=\"cta-description\">\n                        <p>If you have any questions about design protection please feel free to mail us.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-12 col-md-5 cta-align-down\">\n                                            <a href=\"mailto:techlaw@arqis.com\"  class=\"button button--ghost\">Contact us<\/a>                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-2933","themenschwerpunkte","type-themenschwerpunkte","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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