Consegna premio EUIPO

DesignEuropa Awards – Flap. EUIPO

Caimi Brevetti with Flap panels, design Alberto and Francesco Meda, has won the first edition of the DesignEuropa Award, organized by the “Office of the European Union for Intellectual Property” (EUIPO). The DesignEuropa Awards celebrate excellence in design and its management among the holders of registered Community designs and models (DMC).

The winners were declared by an international jury whose members have different extractions: commerce, design and intellectual property management. The State undersecretary of the Italian Republic and the U.K. Minister for Intellectual Property, Baroness Neville Rolfe were present at the ceremony that was held at the UniCredit Pavillion, one of the most representative places in Milan. It has been the occasion for underlining the importance of design for the European Union economy.

The jury appreciated the mix of visual and tactile elements of the sound-absorbing panel Flap as well as its harmonious fusion of interior and industrial design. “The sophisticated and intelligent use of the DMC system” by the company, implemented through the management of intellectual property, has been another winning aspect.

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Here’s the jury’s motivation:

Sound-absorbing Flap panel (Caimi Brevetti manufacturing and owner of DMC, design Alberto and Francesco Meda) – Flap was designed by the Alberto and Francesco Meda (father and son) for Caimi Brevetti. The jurors liked the combination of visual and tactile elements of the product as well as its harmonious fusion of interior and industrial design. “The sophisticated and intelligent use of the DMC system” by the company, implemented through the management of intellectual property, has been another winning aspect.

EUIPO is the European Union Intellectual Property Office. It is a UE decentralized agency in Alicante, Spain. It manages the registration of UE Trademarks and RCD (Registered Community Design), both of which are tools designed for protecting intellectual property inside all the 28 UE States. It also cooperates with the national and regional PI offices in Europe. EUIPO was known with its former name UAMI before March 23rd 2016.