About this service
Design registers are searched by product type and by appearance. A look-alike registered earlier can block your application or lead to a dispute later. A search finds the closest designs, and we compare them with yours.
What is included
- A search of design registers in the countries and regions you choose
- Search by product type and, where the register allows, by image
- A comparison of the closest results with your design
- A short written report with our view
How it works
- Tell usDescribe what you have and what you want to achieve, and in which countries.
- We lookA specialist studies your case, with a local partner where the work is in another country.
- We reportYou get our findings and a plain-language recommendation, with a written quote for the next step.
- You decideNothing is filed or charged without your approval. We carry out what you decide.
In some countries an application can be kept unpublished for a time, so a search shows only what is visible today.