{"id":521,"date":"2019-05-01T12:56:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T12:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biatconsultant.com\/blog\/?p=521"},"modified":"2019-05-01T12:56:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T12:56:40","slug":"requirements-for-your-design-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biatconsultant.com\/blog\/requirements-for-your-design-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"Requirements for your Design Registration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Novelty<\/b><\/p>\n

In order to be able to protect your Design, it must be new. A design is considered as new if no other identical design has been made publicly accessible before the filing date or priority date. A Design is considered as identical to another Design if they only differ in unimportant respects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Publicly accessible<\/b><\/p>\n

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A Design Is considered to be publicly accessible if it has been made public in connection with a registration or in some other way. The same applies if your Design has been displayed, used in the professional capacity or become known in some other way.<\/span><\/p>\n

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However, your design is considered to be publicly accessible if Trade groups in the sector (within the European Economic Area) could not reasonably, in their normal business operations, have known about the publication of Design.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Novelty Time Limit<\/b><\/p>\n

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Neither is a Design considered to have been made publicly accessible if it has been made in Public, or in some other way become known, by the Designer within a period of 12 months before the Filing date or priority date.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Individual character<\/b><\/p>\n

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In Order to protect your Design, it must also have individual character. A Design has individual character if the overall impression differs from previously known Designs. It is not possible to protect your designs that is so simple and \u00a0common place that it should be available for everyone to use. For Example, if something is made simply of geometrical shapes or simple striped and checked patterns. As a rule, it is not enough to just redesign an old Design.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Other requirements<\/b><\/p>\n

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It is not possible to register a Design, that without permission includes:<\/span><\/p>\n

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