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Partners at companies’ service
According to the files, the Aquinov firm is called upon to work hand in hand with a certain number of partners, especially in greater South-West France:
- IP offices, especially l’INPI in Aquitaine.
- Barristers specialized in IP (in particular in Bordeaux).
- Fellow IP consultants in France and abroad in every country.
- Local authorities and the Consulate networks in the context of IP information for regional companies, especially:
the Chambers of Commerce and Industry and their regional versions.
the Guild Chambers.
the Regional Office for Strategic and Technological Information :
ARIST Limousin et Poitou-Charentes
the Aquitaine Regional Council.
- Organisations which give financial support to innovation such as :
- Technology transfer centres such as :
the CTTC (Ceramics Technologies Transfer Centre at Limoges)
The Aquinov network
GIPSO : Interprofessional Grouping of Pharmaceutical and Health Industries in the South-West.
the Innovalis Aquitaine regional innovation office.
the Prod’Innov competitiveness cluster (innovative products and processes in the nutrition and health fields).
the 4 design design centre.
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Designs
« Always include the design issue in your industrial and economic strategy and ask yourself the right questions:
Which should I file for first, a patent or a design? Be careful! A design only protects the aesthetic aspect of an object. Aquinov will help you take the right decision so that there will be no previous design on the patent.
Is my design acceptable? To properly protect the aesthetic aspect of an object, as many illustrations of it as necessary must be made in order to highlight this object’s aesthetic characteristics. Moreover, these illustrations must conform to the specific quality norms that only IP professionals such as those at Aquinov know.
Do I have to write up a descriptive text to accompany the illustrations of my object? There again you need to be careful! If ever you make reference to technical aspects in this text, it can put the filing of this design into question.
Aquinov will help you to answer all these questions and advise you in order to present the best possible design application file. »
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