GalaxyTablet sales block in Australia
October 13, 2011
Intellectual Property News, Patents, Registered Designs
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October 2011 – An Australian court has temporarily banned the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia.
Apple is currently busy with a global patent and design dispute with Samsung accusing them of copying their touch-screen technology and desgn for the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
This patent and design infringement dispute between Apple and Samsung is currently in 9 countries.
Samsung is one of Apple‘s biggest compettors in smartphones and tablets.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 could miss this Christmas season.
Apple has already won a victory in Germany which is Europe’s biggest economy. Germany courts banned the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Samsung is currently trying to stop the sale of the Apple iPhone 4S in France and Italy, accusing them odesign and patent infringement including the 3D transmission patents.
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Intellectual Property presented to the Department of Mechanical Engineering
September 10, 2009
Intellectual Property Information
Download the Introduction to Intellectual Property presented to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pretoria
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How extensive is Industrial Design Protection?
August 24, 2009
Registered Designs
Generally, industrial design protection is limited to the country in which protection is granted.
Under the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs, a WIPO-administered treaty, a procedure for an international registration is offered.
An applicant can file a single international deposit either with WIPO or the national office of a country that is party to the treaty. The design will then be protected in as many member countries of the treaty as the applicant wishes. – WIPO
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How can Industrial Designs be protected?
August 24, 2009
Registered Designs
In most countries, an industrial design must be registered in order to be protected under industrial design law.
As a general rule, to be registrable, the design must be “new” or “original”. Different countries have varying definitions of such terms, as well as variations in the registration process itself. Generally, “new” means that no identical or very similar design is known to have existed before.
Once a design is registered, a registration certificate is issued. Following that, the term of protection is generally five years, with the possibility of further periods of renewal up to, in most cases, 15 years.
Depending on the particular national law and the kind of design, an industrial design may also be protected as a work of art under copyright law. In some countries, industrial design and copyright protection can exist concurrently. In other countries, they are mutually exclusive: once the owner chooses one kind of protection, he can no longer invoke the other.
Under certain circumstances an industrial design may also be protectable under unfair competition law, although the conditions of protection and the rights and remedies ensured can be significantly different. – WIPO
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Why protect Industrial Designs?
August 24, 2009
Registered Designs
Industrial designs are what make an article attractive and appealing; hence, they add to the commercial value of a product and increase its marketability.
When an industrial design is protected, the owner – the person or entity that has registered the design – is assured an exclusive right against unauthorized copying or imitation of the design by third parties.
This helps to ensure a fair return on investment. An effective system of protection also benefits consumers and the public at large, by promoting fair competition and honest trade practices, encouraging creativity, and promoting more aesthetically attractive products.
Protecting industrial designs helps economic development, by encouraging creativity in the industrial and manufacturing sectors, as well as in traditional arts and crafts. They contribute to the expansion of commercial activities and the export of national products. – WIPO
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