Registration of Bulgarian Industrial Design

Often creative and valuable appearance of products cannot be protected by registration for industrial design due to misunderstanding and non-compliance with the numberless requirements under the Bulgarian Industrial Design Law. Although registered, the protection conferred on the design might not be legally binding and thus not protecting owner’s interest due to badly representation of the design in question.

In this case, the close collaboration and personal dialogue between the designer and his Bulgarian Design Attorney is of utmost importance in order to enable him to identify as precisely as possible the main aspects of the creative development of products’ design.

We are skilled in the industrial design management in the broadest sense. Not only do our design services encompass filing and prosecution of applications for registration of Bulgarian Industrial Design before the Bulgarian Patent Office, but also maintenance, transfer of rights for BG industrial design, Industrial design license agreements, enforcement and counseling on the protected rights.  Together with our clients, we find the most appropriate IP strategy. It might as well happen that in addition to the aesthetic features of a product, the same product also has some technical and functional improvements that also worth protection. In such cases, we simultaneously proceed further and provide support for protecting these aspects as well, by either filing a Bulgarian Patent Application and/or application for utility model registration in Bulgaria.

Although the whole process for obtaining a Bulgarian Industrial Design is relatively short, it only takes between 1-3 months, it is not a routine administrative matter and may contain many pitfalls. Thus, our expertise is here to help you obtaining legally binding protection of your creative products’ appearance in one-go, avoiding any obstacles and without imposing additional costs.

In the face of M.Sc. Konstantin Tahtadjiev as a qualified Bulgarian Industrial Design Attorney with extensive experience in this specific intellectual property field, we independently take into account the priorities of each client and support them throughout the process of registration of an industrial design in Bulgaria. Our expertise is not confined to the boundaries of Bulgaria only and we assist our clients in selecting the unique designs that best suit to their businesses. We are experienced in handling industrial design cases at the Bulgarian Patent Office (BPO), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), as well as in proceedings before the Bulgarian courts, which in combination with our services of Registration of Community Industrial Design (RCD) and Registration of International Industrial Design might provide the best strategic approach globally.

Our dedication, individual approach towards every client and professionalism, results in an obtained industrial design right valid for the territory of Bulgaria which brings value to our clients assets and design portfolios.