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February 2010

Country Overview - Malta & The Community Design

The registered Community design has yet to be adopted by significant numbers of Maltese undertakings and there have been just 48 in total so far. The most popular classes for RCDs are 5, 25 and 21. Based on this small sample, the majority of Maltese firms choose the e-filing route (78%) with mail accounting for the remainder.

 


 

 

Top 10 Malta-based owners by number of RCDs filed

Company RCDs
HD Wood Technologies Limited 15
LIOUBA Limited 6
S.R. International Trading Ltd. 6
Acedes Holdings, LLC 5
R.L. Holdings Limited 4
POLAR Bear Trading Ltd. 3
SUPERNOVAENERGIE MALTA LTD 3
Art Productions Limited 2
Briks ltd 1
Caruana 1

 

Top representatives by number of RCDs received from Malta-based applicants

Representative RCDs
WALLINGER RICKER SCHLOTTER FOERSTL PATENT- UND RECHTSANWÄLTE 15
SOCIETÀ ITALIANA BREVETTI S.P.A. 9
PRONOVEM - MEYERS & VAN MALDEREN 6
Lubinsky 5
MULLER 4
ING. MARI & C. SRL 3
JACOBACCI & PARTNERS S.P.A. 3
BEER GRÜTER DORSCH RECHTSANWÄLTE RA ALEXANDER GRÜTER 2
EHRNER & DELMAR 1
GROOM WILKES & WRIGHT LLP 1