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Round version infringes copy rights Piet Hein Eek rectangular table

Round version infringes copy rights Piet Hein Eek rectangular table

The shape of furniture (and other shapes of applied arts) can be easily protected with a design registration. This can be licensed to third parties and can be used in infringement cases. In case there is no design registration copyright law may provide a solution.

Piet Hein Eek graduated in 1993 from the Design Academy in Eindhoven with a demolished wood cabinet. His work has been displayed in the City Museum of Amsterdam and in Groningen. When one of his ex-employees offers similar furniture he starts a procedure. The judge assumes that the furniture Piet Hein Eek designed have copyright. The rectangular table is made a lacquered tiles and certainly has an original and personal character. When a table is made in a different shape, but maintains all the other characteristics there is an infringement of copyright.

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In addition to applying for trademarks, we also manage portfolios for our clients. We ensure that trademarks are renewed on time, that the right organizations are paid (given the many fraudulent companies), and we support our clients on issues.

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