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Cases · Technology & intellectual property · Patents, trade secrets & technology licensing

Register designs and patents for a product launch

We're about to reveal a new product. Have we protected it?

WONE Global files priority applications quickly, then plans and files international extensions in the markets that matter before the deadlines run out.

Countries in the typical case Italy · United Arab Emirates · China · Japan

The situation

What is happening

A new product is about to be shown publicly, which can destroy novelty if filings are not made first.

What is at stake

Showing a product before filing can destroy the right to protect it in many countries.

Who faces this

  • Corporations
  • Mid-sized companies
  • Founders and growing companies

A scenario

Furniture designerFounder-led company · from Italy · in United Arab Emirates, China, Japan

It will launch a new range at Milan Design Week and plans to sell in the Gulf and Asia.

Where it ends Designs protected before they are seen.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “File patents before a trade show”“Design registration before launch”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global files priority applications quickly, then plans and files international extensions in the markets that matter before the deadlines run out.

Usually led by Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, with Legal & Contracting and Finance & Treasury.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Before the showDesign applications filed in the EU.
  2. Weeks 1-4Priority claimed in target markets.
  3. Months 2-6Registrations granted.
  4. ThenCustoms recordal.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Which rights to file: patent, design or both, and where
  2. 02Deadlines before and after public disclosure
  3. 03Budget across countries over the next three years

Outcomes

What you receive

  • Filings made before disclosure
  • A country-by-country filing timetable
  • Ownership confirmed in the right company

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Services

The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsIntellectual Property & Brand Protection2 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedLegal & Contracting14 markets with a named lead→
  3. Often involvedFinance & Treasury1 market with a named lead→

Who handles it

Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Chinain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. Italyin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Japanin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  4. United Arab Emiratesin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  5. Poland WONE Global Partner Anna Pawlikowska · Partner Brief this Partner →
  6. Uganda WONE Global Partner Tony Galandi Kiire · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  7. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  8. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  9. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  10. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  11. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

Anna PawlikowskaKraków · Poland

WONE Global Partner · Poland

Anna Pawlikowska

Partner · Zacharzewski & Partners Law Office · Kraków

Legal Adviser. Co-founder of the Firm. Has been advising parties on technology contracts for more than a dozen years. Specialises in intellectual property law and new technologies. Provides day-to-day legal services to …

Tony Galandi KiireKampala · Uganda

WONE Global Partner · Uganda

Tony Galandi Kiire

Managing Partner · Diamond Advocates · Kampala

Tony Kiire is the Founding and Managing Partner of Diamond Advocates, where he leads the Technology, Innovation, and Intellectual Property Law practice. He is also the founder of Lawtech Associates and Consult, the comp…

Dr. Esteban Lucio MaccariBuenos Aires · Argentina

WONE Global Partner · Argentina

Dr. Esteban Lucio Maccari

Managing Director · Maccari Adam & Asociados · Buenos Aires

He is a lawyer with a degree from the University of Buenos Aires and a degree in Spanish Law. He completed postgraduate studies in Strategic Business Management at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Glocoll at…

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