INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
SERVING YOUR SUCCESS
SEDIN helps you to take care of your business assets from the creation until the launch of your products and services. We deal with all aspects of defining, protecting and defending your intellectual property rights, in Switzerland and in your export markets.
Where does your project stand and which 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 intellectual property experts
43
years of experience
753
clients since 1976
8
associates
1429
trademarks filed
360
degrees: a global vision of your needs
AT THE SERVICE OF OUR CLIENTS
We serve small and medium-sized businesses but also start-ups, multinational companies and foundations, based in Switzerland and overseas. We also provide assistance to leading law firms and trademark agents on behalf of their domestic clients.
Our services cover various industries including, among others, jewellery and watchmaking, cosmetics, garment, food and beverage, catering services, insurance, finance, wealth management and family office, IT solutions, transport, aeronautics, energy, chemistry, business services as well as charity.