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Looking Good: Appeal of Designs in Getting Noticed by the Customer Dr. Kristina Janušauskaitė Advocate (Lithuania) WIPO TOT Program for SMEs Damascus, Syria, January 16-20, 2011

Outline: What will we know after this session? What industrial design means… How industrial design can be a tool to strengthen companies branding… In which way industrial design is a part of companies branding strategy… What steps a company can take and what should a company know before registering a design… How industrial design fits with other forms of legal protection of a companys products…

Outline What does industrial design mean? How industrial design can be a tool to strengthen companies branding. In which way industrial design is a part of companies branding strategy. What steps a company can take and what should a company know before registering a design. How industrial design fits with other forms of legal protection of a companys products.

Creation Technology Textile Fashion and trends Interior, constructions, houses Process of creating appearance of various objects (cover of a book) Drawings, applied art works, More?..

Industrial Design Appearance of a product or its part

Industrial Design Represented by lines, contours, colours, shape, texture and materials of a product or its ornamentation, or their combination

Industrial Design 3D or 2D

Industrial Design Set of articles

Industrial Design Packaging of products/containers

Industrial Design Design of clothes, fashion accessories, textiles

Industrial Design Electronic icons created by the computer code Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs) seen on computers monitors

Outline What does industrial design mean? How can an industrial design be a tool to strengthen companies branding? In which way industrial design is a part of companies branding strategy. What steps a company can take and what should a company know before registering a design. How industrial design fits with other forms of legal protection of a companys products.

It attracts potential customers easier. vs.

It wins customers loyalty. Source: Apple Company

It creates harmony between functionalities and form of a product. Source: Allesi Company

It can add value to a companys products. 30 USD500 USD

Outline What does industrial design mean? How can an industrial design be a tool to strengthen companies branding? In which way can an industrial design be a part of companies branding strategy? What steps a company can take and what should a company know before registering a design. How industrial design fits with other forms of legal protection of a companys products.

Improving companys branding strategy 1 - General branding strategy multi-brand strategyfamily brand strategy

Improving companys branding strategy 2 – Product or line extension

Improving companys branding strategy 3 – Brand extension

Outline What does industrial design mean? How can an industrial design be a tool to strengthen companies branding? In which way can an industrial design be a part of companies branding strategy? What steps a company can take and what should a company know before registering a design? How industrial design fits with other forms of legal protection of a companys products.

When to register? Attractive appearance of products can improve a companys competitiveness. Attractive appearance will bring additional revenues to a company. Attractive appearance becomes successful on the market.

What are the benefits of a registration? Protection from copying and imitating by competitors Recoup of investments made in creating nice appearance of products Transfer of design rights more effective (licensing, selling (for example, by licensing a company can reach other markets)) Ensuring fair competition and principles of fair trade

Any other option of protection? Unregistered Design (EU-wide) Regulated under EU Community Designs Regulation (2000) National laws of EU Member States. Used mainly: In fashion, jewellry, apparel businesses. Condition for protection: A design should be made available to the public and known by specialists in that specific business sector. Limited scope of protection: Prohibition of mere copying only. Counter-argument: Alleged infringer could prove that he or she created a design individually.

Registration of designs: Which route to choose? NationalRegionalInternational

Registration of Designs: National Route Regulated under national design laws Design application to be submitted to a national IP office Protection limited to that specific country where design is registered

Registration of designs: Regional Route Regulated under Community Design Regulation (2000) One application at the IP Office (OHIM) in Alicante, Spain (saving time, costs) Protection in 27 Member States of the EU

Registration of designs: International Route Regulated under the international treaty administered by WIPO (under the Hague Agreement on International Registration of Industrial Designs) One application at the office registering designs (at WIPO or a national IP office) 6-month priority right Protection in designated states which are Members to the Hague System

Registration of designs: Steps Application Formal examination Substantive examination Registration Publication Renewal (up to 15 years, 5 years + 2 renewals (Syria))

Registrable industrial design New Distinctive Contains external qualities which allow distinguishing a design from the previously known models Is not contrary to public order or public behaviour Is not functional Does not infringe other IP rights

What means new and distinctive? No identical industrial design before filing an application or before the date of priority. Design was displayed at a national or international fair or published, or modelled in a conference or in a scientific periodical and an application for registration was submitted within a period of 6 months in Syria. If design is considerably and essentially different from the previously known designs.

Outline What does industrial design mean? How can an industrial design be a tool to strengthen companies branding? In which way can an industrial design be a part of companies branding strategy? What steps a company can take and what should a company know before registering a design? How can an industrial design fit with other forms of legal protection of a companys products?

Which types of IP rights are involved in iPhone?

Industrial Design and Other Forms of Legal Protection (Multi-protection) Designs & Patents (or Utility Models) Designs & Copyright Designs & Trademarks Designs & Unfair Competition

Aspects of Multi-protection Designs and Patents (or Utility Models) 1 - Design protects aesthetical features of a product (it is primarily ornamental), whereas its functional features (functional improvements) can be protected by patents or as utility models. 2 - In order to establish its aesthetical function, design should be viewed in its entirety, and not on a feature-by-feature basis.

Aspects of Multi-protection Designs and Copyright 1 – Dual (cumulative) protection by design law and by copyright law varies on a country-basis: in some: only for certain types of designs (and not for others), in others: for all types of designs, in others: copyright protection is suspended until design rights lapse, In others (Syria, US): design of some products is protected under copyright as works of applied art or works of plastic and applied arts. 2 – In a concrete case a company should check the national legislation and establish which protection strategy for a certain design is more appropriate.

Aspects of Multi-protection Designs and Trademarks 1 – If a products design becomes a distinctive feature of that product, it can be protected as a 3D trademark or as a trade dress (in some countries). 2 – Acquisition of a distinctive design within time (in order to protect it as a trademark later) can be also a companys branding and marketing strategy. 3 – Dual protection is also possible (e.g. icons on iPhones monitor), but its regulation varies from country to country.

Aspects of Multi-protection Designs and Unfair Competition 1 – Dual protection: under the law against unfair competition and design law 2 – Unfair competition laws usually require to show that a product is distinctive in a certain market, that there is an indication of a products origin and that a reputation of such product is infringed by an unfair competition act.

Industrial Designs: Checklist Industrial design protects ornamental appearance of goods, not their technical features. In most countries a registration is not compulsory in order to protect creative designs. Designers can file an application to the national design offices only. Some countries protect an unregistered design for a short period. Design protection can be applied together with patents, copyright, trademarks, unfair competition laws.

Thank you! Questions?