Namibia is a member of ARIPO which means that all patents, designs or trade marks may be registered with the official intellectual property office of Namibia or with ARIPO. ARIPO requires the applicant to choose the specific member states where protection is required. ARIPO member states include Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
An industrial design is the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article. The design may consist of three-dimensional features, such as the shape or surface of an article, or of two-dimensional features, such as patterns, lines or color. Industrial designs are applied to a wide variety of products of industry and handicraft: from technical and [...]
What is a registered design and how does it differ from a patent? A patent protects the principle on which a new invention is based. Registered Designs protect the way something looks. This may be an existing article which has been redesigned and which you wish to protect from copiers. What kinds of design protection [...]
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