Border Seizure

The border seizure is a means to combat effectively infringements of intellectual property rights that are relevant from imports to Germany and / or to the European Union (EU).

Considering a border seizure comes with the injury the following intellectual property rights:

• Brand (Trademark)

• Design

• Patent

• Utility model

• Plant variety right

• Supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products and plant protection products

• Copyright or related right

• Geographical indication of origin

• Topography of a semiconductor product

• Trade name

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A distinction must be made between the following variants of the application:

• Application under national legislation

• Application under the EU Regulation: Regulation (EU) No. 608/2013