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注册设计——外观、美学、视觉印象——是保护创新产品的好方法。在同一申请中可以涵盖许多外观设计，我们可以确定如何利用灵活的知识产权申请方式。注册证书可以在几个月内颁发，因此与其他类型的知识产权相比，等待时间更短。
我们将帮助您使用外观设计注册来补充产品周围的防护罩。从成本角度来看，这可能是防止竞争对手抄袭您精心制作的设计作品的最佳价值方式。通常情况下，专利和外观设计保护可以一起使用。我们可以对专利和外观设计保护的最佳组合进行调查和建议。
近期案例解析
阅读施利希团队最近的外观设计案例解析和外观设计法律的更新。
UK Address for Service Required for EU-based Comparable Trade Mark and Design Registrations
When the UK left the European Union, the UKIPO granted comparable UK rights for all existing EU trade mark and design registrations. No UK address for service was required for a period of 3 years from the date of the UK’s departure from the EU. However, the end of this 3-year period is approaching and rights holders are strongly advised to appoint a UK address for service by 1 January 2024.
Can vacuum cleaner bags be protected by design registration?
The Board of Appeal of the EUIPO has concluded that vacuum clear bags are entitled to design protection and are not excluded as complex products. This decision seems to confirm that consumable products are eligible for design protection.
Changes to Australian Design Law
Overview Although there are many similarities between Australian design law and that in the EU, the Australian system (“The Commonwealth of Australia’s Designs Act 2003”) has been somewhat outdated in comparison. For example: No grace period was available to designers. No prior user exemption to infringement was available. No right of an exclusive licensee to […]
Registering Designs in China
Partial Designs Previously, Chinese design law excluded the protection of partial designs, i.e. portions of a product that cannot be partitioned or sold and used independently. Instead, designs could only be registered for the appearance of a product in its entirety. However, the registration of partial designs will be allowed in China after 1 June […]
Is Your IP Ready For Brexit?
A summary of the changes for 2021 and key points for right holders to note are provided below. Patents and Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) The UK’s membership of the European Patent Convention and the ability for UK attorneys to represent clients before the European Patent Office is unchanged. Business as usual here! Supplementary Protection Certificates […]
Protecting your IP on Online Marketplaces
Most of the schemes discussed below are based on companies having registered IP rights. However, some protection is also offered for copyright works. Schlich is able to assist companies in establishing IP rights so that they can use these facilities to protect their intellectual property or in escalating matters if that becomes necessary. For more […]
CJEU confirms that copyright can subsist in products whose shape is, at least in part, necessary to obtain a technical result
Background Back in 2017, Brompton Bicycle Ltd (‘Brompton’), who manufacture the famous Brompton bicycle which adopts three different positions and thus can be folded away when not in use, brought an action before the tribunal de l’entreprise de Liège in Belgium seeking a ruling that Get2Get’s bicycles infringe their copyright. By way of defence, Get2Get […]
Brexit and IP: An Update
There has been much discussion over the past few years on the effect of Brexit on intellectual property rights within the UK. The precise outcomes were, for a long time, unknown due to the uncertainty regarding the type of Brexit that would be delivered. It is now clear that the UK will leave the EU […]
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