The Giant Snow Globe Ltd

Inflatable snow globes are great for winter wonderland, christmas and winter themed events, they consist of an inflatable chamber allowing guests to enter inside the globe. The general use of the inflatable snow globe is of a photo attraction allowing the rental/hire operators to take a photo of the guests inside the snow globe. The Giant Snow Globe Ltd created the first fully inflatable snow globe in the UK and have since designed and manufactured a number of snow globes for a wide range of clients in the UK and overseas, requiring no stages or support poles these snow globes can be installed by 1 person in approx 10 minutes. Dont take a risk with copies of similar design, purchase the original product direct from the UK manufacturer using UK material and complying to all UK legislation providing piece of mind that your product is designed for commercial rental/hire.We are aware of a number of firms creating units of similar design and our legal terms are in contact with them, do not take the risk of infringing our registered community design, if you are unsure of the protection the registered community design provides please take a moment to review and understand how you could be affected by purchasing a unit from a non authorised company that infringes these registered rights.The registered Community design (RCD)An RCD is an exclusive right for the outward appearance of a product or part of it, resulting from the features (in particular, the lines, contours, colours, shape, texture and/or materials) of the product itself and/or its ornamentation.Scope and validityAn RCD is valid in the European Union as a whole. An RCD initially has a minimum life of 5 years to a maximum of 25 years.Level of protectionHolders of valid registered designs have exclusive rights to use the design concerned and to prevent any third party from using it anywhere within the European Union. They will be protected against both deliberate copying and the independent development of a similar design.The rights cover, in particular, the making, offering, marketing, importing, exporting or use of a product in which the design is incorporated or to which it is applied, or holding stock of such a product for those purposes.Its valueA single legal system applies to Community designs, providing strong and uniform protection throughout the European Union.The RCD confers on its holder the exclusive right to use it in the 27 Member States of the European Union. It prevents any third party of using the RCD without the consent of the holder.After any future enlargement of the European Union, any RCD registered or applied for will automatically be extended to the new enlarged territory without any need to make any application.Enforcing your rightsThe Registered Community design (RCD) grants its proprietor an exclusive right to prevent unauthorised use of the design in trade. More specifically, the proprietor is entitled to prevent an unauthorised third party from making, offering, marketing, importing, exporting or using a product in which the design is incorporated or to which it is applied, or holding stock of such a product for those purposes.If an unauthorised third party engages in any of these practices, they are guilty of infringing the exclusive right of the proprietor.The proprietor of a RCD can act against these infringements by taking measures expressly provided for disputes concerning the infringement and validity of Community designs under the CDR (Section 2 of Title IX) and in particular viaProceedings at the Community design courts established under the CDR.Filing requests for action with the customs authorities. This administrative procedure permits proprietors of a RCD to request the EU customs authorities to retain suspected counterfeit goods while under their control.