International Design Protection

International Design Protection is an international compendium of design law in 30 major jurisdictions. It also deals with the practicalities of design protections and the enforcement of design rights, including qualification for protection, infringement, design infringement litigation, licensing and exploitation.

Designs have underpinned much of the technological and industrial innovation of recent years. They have become increasingly valuable within the portfolio of intellectual property rights. Indeed, given the extent to which economic growth is driven by these advancements and the ever-increasing financial benefits of holding exclusive exploitation rights for the most significant designs, the importance of protecting such designs cannot be understated.International Design Protection is an international compendium of design law in a selection of major jurisdictions. It covers the applicability of registered and unregistered design rights and ancillary protection by copyright and trademarks. It also deals with the practicalities of design protections and the enforcement of design rights, including qualification for protection, infringement, design infringement litigation, licensing and exploitation.Written by a team of leading specialists in design law, this updated second edition reflects recent developments across a number of jurisdictions and is an essential practical guide to navigating this complex and fascinating field.

Preface 5Clive ThorneBaker Botts LLPAustralia 7Tim WebbClayton UtzBelgium 23Karel NijsPierstonePhilippe PétersNautaDutilhBrazil 37Simone Lahorgue NunesLevy & Salomão AdvogadosCanada 51Gina DemczukCanadian Competition BureauStuart C McCormackBarrister and solicitorDenmark 67Claus Barrett ChristiansenAnne Dahl HansenMaria Rose KristensenBech-BruunFinland 83Kukka TommilaProperta Attorneys LtdFrance 95Stefan NaumannHughes Hubbard & Reed LLPGermany 103Moritz HüschHeymann & Partner RechtsanwälteKatharina SchejaDentons LLPHong Kong 117Anna Mae KooVivien Chan & CoIndia 133Amita AroraArchana ShankerAnand and AnandIsrael 153Shlomo CohenDr Shlomo Cohen & CoItaly 161Massimiliano PappalardoD&P Studio LegaleJapan 173Takamitsu ShigetomiOh-Ebashi LPC & PartnersNetherlands 183Thijs van AerdeHouthoff BurumaNew Zealand 195Paul SumpterChapman TrippRussia 205David AylenGowling WLG Russia/CISSingapore 245Alban KangBird & Bird ATMD LLPSouth Africa 259Lodewyk CilliersOwen DeanSpoor & FisherSweden 269Michael PlogellPlogell AdvokatbyråErik UllbergWistrand AdvokatbyråTurkey 281Ug˘ur AktekinMutlu Yıldırım KöseGün + PartnersUnited Kingdom 293Clive ThorneBaker Botts LLPUnited States 311Jared BunkerLynda Zadra-SymesKnobbe MartensAbout the authors 327