INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
SERVING YOUR SUCCESS
SEDIN helps you to protect your valuable business assets from the creation of your ideas until the launch of your products and services in the market. We deal with all aspects of defining, protecting, defending and optimizing your IP rights in the best, most cost-effective way.
Where does your project stand and what actions do you need to take? Follow our checklist !
Concept
- Protect your creations with a confidentiality agreement
- Keep proof of your creations
- Determine the distinctive and protectable features of your product, service, website, trade name, etc.
- Conduct a search to make sure you are free to use them
- Review your existing portfolio of IP rights
- Identify your competitors as well as their IP rights
Development
- Create unique brands, logos and taglines to distinguish yourself from the competition
- Keep proof of your creations
- Determine the distinctive and protectable features of your product, service, website, trade name, etc.
- Conduct a search to make sure you are free to use them
- Acquire copyrights from agencies or creators
Pre-launch
- Conduct a search to make sure you are free to use the distinctive characteristics of your product, service, website, trade name, etc.
- Establish the protection strategy according to your target markets, products, services and budget
- Acquire copyrights from agencies or creators
- Protect your assets through trademark, design, patent and domain name applications
Launch
- Conduct a search to make sure you are free to use the distinctive characteristics of your product, service, website, trade name, etc.
- Acquire copyrights from agencies or creators
- Protect your assets through trademark, design, patent and domain name filings
- Use your trademark properly
- Respect third parties’ IP rights
Post-launch
- Use your trademark properly
- Respect third parties’ IP rights
- Increase your profits by considering licensing or franchising your IP rights
- Monitor and defend your IP rights
- Watch your competitors
- If you launch a new product or service, change their distinctive elements or export them into a new market, conduct searches and protect your new IP rights
- Manage and optimize your IP rights portfolio
SEDIN, your experts in intellectual property.
43
years of experience
753
clients since 1976
10
associates
1429
trademarks filed
360
degrees: a global vision of your needs
AT THE SERVICE OF OUR CLIENTS
We represent both Swiss and foreign clients ranging from freelancers, start-ups, foundations, small and medium-sized businesses to multinational companies. We also provide assistance to leading law firms and trademark agents on behalf of their domestic clients with Swiss IP matters. Our services cover various industries including, among others, food and beverage, packaging solutions, charity, chemicals, oil and gas, pet food, baby care, jewelry, construction and building materials, sports equipment and fashion.