Special property rights, supplementary ancillary copyright, case law
Manufacturers of successful branded products ask themselves how they can protect their products from unfair imitation and, conversely, competitors ask themselves how closely they are allowed to base the presentation of their products (e.g. private label products from retailers) on the original. There are always exciting court decisions on this fine line between permissible imitation and unlawful imitation. We will explain to you how you can best protect your own products against imitation and what you as an imitator must pay attention to in order not to infringe the rights of the original despite a similar design.
