By Yasmine EDDAM
4 April 2025
Is your company growing and are your products attracting attention beyond France's borders? This is excellent news! But beware: if you have taken care to protect the appearance of your creations by registering a design in France with the INPI, this protection stops at the limits of the national territory. To effectively defend your design on foreign markets and prevent copying by local or international competitors, you need to consider protection strategies adapted to this international dimension. Protecting a design abroad can seem complex, with a multitude of national laws and potential procedures. Fortunately, international systems and, above all, a unified European system exist to considerably simplify your procedures and offer you extensive protection. Understanding these mechanisms is essential if you are to secure your export markets and add value to your creations on a global scale. This article explores the main avenues open to you...
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