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China: Design Patents and the Metaverse

IP Tech Blog

Are they protectable by design patents? In this post we will analyze the availability of design patents for digital commodities and how it compares with other Asian countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore. In China, a GUI alone cannot be registered as a design patent. 2014)??(?)???2815?).

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China: Design Patents and the Metaverse

LexBlog IP

Are they protectable by design patents? In this post we will analyze the availability of design patents for digital commodities and how it compares with other Asian countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore. In China, a GUI alone cannot be registered as a design patent. Article 2.4 Section 4.4.2

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Capturing All the Dimensions: Intellectual Property Protection for 3-D Designs and 3-D Printing Methods

More Than Your Mark

The functionalities and any new and unobvious structures created by 3-D printing technologies may be the subject of a utility or a design patent. An example of this is a 2014 initiative by Hasbro, Inc. , Take care in such situations to avoid unintended problems. the toy company that owns the My Little Pony intellectual property.

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The Design Law Treaty and the Struggle for International Harmonization of Industrial Design Protection

Patently-O

If successful, the DLT would make it “significantly easier for small and medium-sized enterprises to obtain industrial design protection overseas as a result of simplified, streamlined and aligned procedures and requirements.” In the US, these are design patent rights.

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