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Transferring a Registered Community Design as part of a sale, licence, or restructure needs to be properly documented and recorded with EUIPO. Our team at Brealant prepares the assignment and manages the recordal across all EU member states from a single filing.
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Legal Definition of Design Assignment
Assignment, under Community Design Regulation 6/2002, is the legal transfer of ownership of a Registered Community Design or design application from one party to another, effective across the whole EU.
Purpose and Function of Recordal
Recordal updates the EUIPO Community Designs register to reflect the new owner, supporting their ability to enforce and deal with the design in every member state.
Protecting the Transaction
Properly documenting and recording the assignment protects both parties and makes the transfer enforceable against third parties across the EU.
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Contact
Tell Brealant about the design(s) and the nature of the transfer.
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Search
We confirm the current registration details and ownership status on the EUIPO register.
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Quote
Receive a fixed-fee quote based on the number of designs involved.
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Pay
Proceed with secure payment for the assignment service.
File
Brealant prepares the deed and files the recordal request with EUIPO.
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Wait
EUIPO processes the recordal and updates the register.
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Response
You receive confirmation once ownership is updated across the EU.
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In the European Union, an assignment is only as strong as its documentation and recordal. A signed deed of assignment, followed by a single recordal request to EUIPO, is the clearest way to make sure the change of ownership is properly reflected — and enforceable — across every member state.
An unrecorded transfer can create uncertainty about who owns the design and complicate enforcement or licensing in any member state. Brealant keeps the EUIPO register accurate and supports the new owner's position across the whole EU.
Recordal is important, but it has limits
Doesn't Validate a Bad Deal
Recordal reflects the transfer; it doesn't cure defects in the underlying commercial agreement.
Doesn't Renew the Design
Assignment and renewal are separate processes — a transferred design still needs to be renewed on schedule.
Doesn't Change the Design
You can't use an assignment to alter the registered representations.
Doesn't Address Validity
Recordal doesn't protect the design from a later invalidity action if it wasn't genuinely novel.
Doesn't Resolve Disputes
If ownership itself is disputed, recordal won't resolve the underlying dispute.
Brealant flags any of these issues during the assignment process so nothing is missed.
A properly recorded assignment protects
The New Owner's Rights
Clear, documented legal ownership recognised by EUIPO across all member states.
Enforcement Ability
The new owner's standing to take infringement action based on the design anywhere in the EU.
Deal Certainty
The commercial transaction — sale, restructure, or licence — that the transfer is based on.
Future Dealings
The ability to further assign, license, or use the design without ownership disputes.
Brealant makes sure every assignment is properly documented so these protections are secured.
The assignment process typically follows these stages
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Instruction
You confirm the designs, parties, and transaction details with Brealant.
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Drafting
We prepare or review the deed of assignment.
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Execution
The assignor and assignee sign the documentation.
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Recordal
We file the recordal request, and EUIPO updates the register across the EU.
Once signed documentation is filed, EUIPO typically records the change of ownership within a few weeks.
Assignment costs are modest relative to the transaction they support
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EUIPO charges a modest official fee per design to record an assignment.
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Brealant's professional fee covers preparing the deed and the recordal, quoted as a fixed amount.
Brealant flags any of these issues during the assignment process so nothing is missed.
Once the assignment is recorded, Brealant can take over ongoing renewal tracking and enforcement for the new owner across all EU member states, so the transition is seamless.
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It isn't required for the transfer to be valid between the parties, but it's important for the new owner's rights to be recognised and protected against third parties across the EU.
Yes, both pending applications and registered Community Designs can be assigned.
EUIPO requires documentary evidence of the transfer, such as a signed deed of assignment.
Yes, we regularly coordinate EUIPO recordals alongside assignments of corresponding designs in other jurisdictions.
Once signed documentation is filed, EUIPO typically records the change of ownership within a few weeks.
EUIPO charges an official fee of €200 per recordal, covering up to 10 rights of the same owner in a single request, plus Brealant's professional fee for preparing and filing it.
An assignment transfers full ownership to a new party, while a licence lets the owner keep title and simply grants another party permission to use the design, usually for a fee or royalty.
Yes, individual designs within a multiple registration can be assigned separately to different parties, since each design in the bundle is treated as an independent right once registered.
The transfer remains valid between buyer and seller, but an unrecorded new owner can't rely on it against a third party who deals with the registration in good faith unaware of the change.
Yes, EUIPO's register also allows recordal of licences, rights in rem such as security interests, and levies of execution, and Brealant can handle these alongside or instead of an assignment.
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