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Design Law: Global Law and Practice

Design Law: Global Law and Practice

Author: Dana Beldiman
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781800886513
Published In: September 2024
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the current legal landscape of global design law. It includes practice-based and analytical accounts of national design laws from several representative jurisdictions and delves into the practical and theoretical dimensions of some of the most urgent procedural issues facing this legal field.

Key Features:

Insights from experienced practitioners and subject matter experts
Examination of key jurisdictional issues in Design Law, including practice suggestions
Comparative legal analysis of the design laws in countries spanning Asia, Australasia, Europe and North America
Exposition of key concepts in Design Law, including aesthetic creative freedom, cumulative protection and spare parts
Coverage of complex, developing issues such as the protection of AI-generated works and the reframing of design law to align with the goals of the circular economy

Highly practical and authoritative, Design Law is indispensable for legal professionals practising in intellectual property law and international commercial law. Written in an accessible style, this book is also of interest to legal scholars and law students interested in design, intellectual property, and fashion law.

Preface xxvii

Introduction to Design Law 1

Dana Beldiman

PART I. DESIGN LAWS AROUND THE WORLD COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY

Overview of industrial design protection in Australia 27

Stuart Irvine and Carl Harrap

Industrial design law in Canada – 2024 77

Robert Storey, Adam Bobker, Matthew Graff and James Raakman

Design law in China 108

Paolo Beconcini

Industrial design law in France 156

Catherine Mateu

Industrial design law in Italy 181

Marco F. Francetti and Matteo Mozzi

Industrial design in India 206

Shwetasree Majumder and Eva Bishwal

Industrial design law in Japan 231

Taketo Nasu

Design Protection in the Nordic Countries (Denmark, Finland and Sweden) 262

Teemu Matikainen, Jens Schovsbo and Marcus Norrgård

Design patent law in the United States 291

Elizabeth Ferrill, Kelly Horn, William Neer and Troy Viger

10.

Design law at the crossroads - a post-Brexit review of design protection in the UK 336

Jane Cornwell and Lynne Chave

11.

Design prosecution before the EUIPO and the Court of Justice of the EU 377

Henning Hartwig

PART II. INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND JURISDICTION

12.

The functioning of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) for industrial design registration: realities and possibilities 427

Chijioke Okorie

13.

The Draft Design Law Treaty’s forbidden words 441

Margo A. Bagley

14.

Multistate infringement of design rights: jurisdiction and applicable law – the European approach 455

Alexander von Mühlendahl

PART III. PRESENT-DAY AND FUTURE TRENDS IN DESIGN LAW

15.

Redesigning design protection: The problem of overlap 484

Shubha Ghosh

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