Brussels, 01/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Office of Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM), in Alicante, is to register Community designs and models from 1 April. Registration requests have been possible since 1 January 2003.
Community registration of designs and models confers upon right holders the exclusive right to use such models and protects them against systematic copying and the independent development of a similar design or model. This right covers the fifteen Member States...