Common law protection of intellectual property

8 important questions on Common law protection of intellectual property

Overlap van copyright and trade mark


Designs can typically be protected by both a copyright and a design right à Unité de l’art
Designs are also often protected by a trade mark.
Advantage of non-Community design rights and most Community design rights: registration

Requirement - copy right and trade mark

Novelty
individual character

Requirement individual character


The overall impression the design produces on the informed user should differ from the overall impression produced on such a user by any design  which has already been made available to the public.
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Registrered designs - requirements

Novelty
inventive step
industrial application

Reuirements - inventive step


It must involve an invention or creative concept.
Ratio behind this is avoiding common, general knowledge to be monopolised.Criterion EPO (European Patent Office):
It is not obvious to a person skilled in the art

Requirements - industrial application

Any kind of industry
useful of practical arts
it does not necessarily imply the use a machine or manufactures

The patent holder is allowed to?


Use the invention
Licence this right to another person or distribute it over a number of other people
Sell or otherwise transfer the patent

How long does a patent last?


Usually twenty (20) years, counting from the filing date. Not renewable(unless medical or plant protection products)

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