Industrial Design Rights: An International Perspective - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9041159509 ISBN 13 : 9789041159502

Editeur : Kluwer Law International, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This book is a revised and updated edition of a major work first published in 2001 under the auspices of the Intellectual Property Committee of the International Bar Association. As a comparative cross-jurisdictional analysis of the practice, theory, scope, and types of design protection, it will continue to be of immeasurable value to lawyers and others involved in industrial design. Industrial designs are particularly interesting because the laws in many countries attempt in different ways to find a balance between protection for the artistic and freedom to use the purely functional, and between the proprietary rights of the creator and the public domain rights of the competitor. The second edition is comprised of more than twenty country reports, each written by one or more prominent intellectual property lawyer(s) in the country covered. To facilitate cross-jurisdictional comparison, each report is structured according to the following sequence of topics: · new developments in each jurisdiction; · conventions and legislation; · definition of what constitutes a protectable design; · originality /novelty; · duration of protection; · infringement; · defences to infringement; · procedures for filing application for registration; and · expunging, cancelling, or varying registration. Prominent new developments covered in the second edition include the continuing impact of the European Community Design Directive, the adoption of the Hague Convention with corresponding major changes to US and Canadian design law and practice, the new German Design Law, and China's new Guidelines for examination. Each jurisdiction's currently applicable legislation, regulation, and case law is summarized and analysed.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Brian W. Gray, is a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in Toronto, and has practised intellectual property law for over thirty-five years in Canada. He is a former cochairman of the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Committee of the Intellectual Bar Association. He has published widely in the field, and has been selected by peer review publications in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada as one of the leading and most frequently recommended intellectual property lawyers practising in Canada. Rita Gao, is an associate at Norton Rose Fulbright in Toronto. As a lawyer in the Intellectual Property (IP) Group, she focuses on creating, enforcing and commercializing intellectual property assets around the world. She helps clients develop and manage national and international intellectual property portfolios and provides strategic advice for patents and industrial designs in various innovative areas. She deals with multinational corporations, mid-size companies, as well as start-ups. She provides freedom-to-operate and patentability opinions. Prior to her legal career, Rita worked at Deloitte Consulting and a leading Canadian telecommunications company. She has a Juris Doctor degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Toronto. She is a member of Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC). She is an avid traveller and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Kluwer Law International
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 9041159509
• ISBN 13: 9789041159502
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 466