Garrigues Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

This seems like the perfect time, then, to talk about one of the scenarios in which (IP wise) the past can prove to be extremely important when facing the future: the right of prior use to counter infringement of patents or utility models. What is the right of prior use or “pre-use”? 644/2006, of 6 April 2006 ).

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

A novel design is entitled to a patent unless it is has been (1) described in a printed publication; (2) in public use; or (3) on sale more than one year prior to the date of the application of the patent. [9]. The essential elements of a design patent are that the new creation be “new, original and ornamental.”

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

A novel design is entitled to a patent unless it is has been (1) described in a printed publication; (2) in public use; or (3) on sale more than one year prior to the date of the application of the patent. [9]. The essential elements of a design patent are that the new creation be “new, original and ornamental.” [8].

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