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Looking good - An Introduction to Industrial Designs for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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World Intellectual Property Organization
336 books6 followersThe World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations.
WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world."
WIPO currently has 189 member states, administers 26 international treaties, and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The current Director-General of WIPO is Francis Gurry, who took office on October 1, 2008. 186 of the UN Members as well as the Cook Islands, Holy See and Niue are Members of WIPO. Non-members are the states of Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, South Sudan and East Timor. The Palestinians have observer status.
WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world."
WIPO currently has 189 member states, administers 26 international treaties, and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The current Director-General of WIPO is Francis Gurry, who took office on October 1, 2008. 186 of the UN Members as well as the Cook Islands, Holy See and Niue are Members of WIPO. Non-members are the states of Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, South Sudan and East Timor. The Palestinians have observer status.
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February 21, 2017
A very brief and simple book about industrial designs, issued by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It provides basics of industrial designs, with a special emphasis on its aesthetic nature.
It also explains the difference between the protection of a design under the industrial designs system, and other fields of intellectual property including patents, utility models, trademarks and copyright. It then tackles the issue of possible protection of industrial designs under unfair competition laws.
Annex III of this book provides the a list of 99 classes of the International Classification for Industrial Designs of the Locarno Agreement. The book delves into the issue of the possibility of internationally registering industrial designs under the "Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs" which is administered by the WIPO. Other books on the Hague Agreement are downloadable at the WIPO website. For those interested,they can search for books listed under "Industrial Designs" under WIPO Publications, which are sorted at the website according to various topics of IPR.
In addition, it is recommended to seek other publications under the website, under "Marks", to gain basic information about the international registration of marks under the Madrid System. Marks are different from industrial designs, but they are closely related and they usually intersect as intertwined or complementary approaches to protection of industrial property.
This book provides a very insightful introduction to the topic of industrial designs protection. However, the main criticism to this book is that all the examples it provides for the impact of the protection of industrial designs on business returns, belong to major companies rather than SMEs in particular.
It also explains the difference between the protection of a design under the industrial designs system, and other fields of intellectual property including patents, utility models, trademarks and copyright. It then tackles the issue of possible protection of industrial designs under unfair competition laws.
Annex III of this book provides the a list of 99 classes of the International Classification for Industrial Designs of the Locarno Agreement. The book delves into the issue of the possibility of internationally registering industrial designs under the "Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs" which is administered by the WIPO. Other books on the Hague Agreement are downloadable at the WIPO website. For those interested,they can search for books listed under "Industrial Designs" under WIPO Publications, which are sorted at the website according to various topics of IPR.
In addition, it is recommended to seek other publications under the website, under "Marks", to gain basic information about the international registration of marks under the Madrid System. Marks are different from industrial designs, but they are closely related and they usually intersect as intertwined or complementary approaches to protection of industrial property.
This book provides a very insightful introduction to the topic of industrial designs protection. However, the main criticism to this book is that all the examples it provides for the impact of the protection of industrial designs on business returns, belong to major companies rather than SMEs in particular.
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