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Design Rights. Functionality and Scope of Protection, 2nd Edition

Design Rights. Functionality and Scope of Protection, 2nd Edition

Author: Christopher V. Carani
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
ISBN: 9789403532103
Published In: January 2022
Format: Hardback , 688 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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About this book:

Design Rights, currently in its second edition, is a detailed country-by-country analysis providing clarity, insight, and guidance on the legal issues and practical implications of functionality in key jurisdictions globally. Protection of industrial and other designs has evolved as an imperative segment of intellectual property law. This book not only furnishes a solid foundation on the law regarding the protection and enforcement of design rights but also focuses on the ubiquitous and controversial issue of functionality in the context of design rights. Albeit there is considerable harmonization on the fundamental principle that design rights regard aesthetic appearance and not underlying technical function, courts and legislatures worldwide have long battled with determining whether to permit and how to interpret the scope of designs rights directed at products whose appearance may, partially or completely, be the result of functional consideration.

What’s in this book:

Extensive experience and in-depth knowledge about design protection in their respective jurisdictions have formed the basis for the careful choice of authors of the country chapters. Every chapter tackles the following topics and issues:
- availability of protection—granting authority, statutory requirements, drawing requirements, and disclaimers;
- tests or approaches applied to determine whether a design right is ineligible for protection based on functionality grounds, including related policy considerations;
- strategies employed to mount, and fend off, challenges to design rights based on functionality;
- determination of a design right’s scope of protection, including the impact of any visual elements of the overall design having appearances that are nonnovel and/or functional;
- tests or approaches applied to determine whether a visual element of a design right is excluded from the overall scope of protection based on functionality grounds, including related policy considerations; and
- examples of how visual elements of a design right whose appearance is driven by function are treated in infringement and validity contexts.
An introductory chapter elucidates the basic tenets of design rights, terminology, and discussion of design rights concerning other areas of intellectual property followed by country chapters, each comprising case law examples, hypothetical fact patterns, and graphic images of designs to bring issues to life.

How this will help you:

This unique compendium will prove to be of tremendous pragmatic interest not only for the industry involved but also for the public at large. Its thorough comparative analysis and guidance will be highly beneficial to applicants for design protection, parties involved in or contemplating enforcement proceedings, and interested legal practitioners. It will also be highly appreciated as a matchless and comprehensive resource for academics and researchers interested in the international harmonization of intellectual property law.
List of Contributors

Foreword

Hao Ma, President of AIPPI

Acknowledgments

United States

Christopher V. Carani & Dunstan H. Barnes

European Union

Johan Løje

Argentina

Iván Poli

Australia

Wayne Slater & Robert Wulff – 2020 Revisions Daniel Rosenthal, Robert Wulff

Benelux

Fernand de Visscher & Anne Marie Verschuur

Brazil

Lucas Martins Gaiarsa & Saulo Calazans – 2020 Revisions Saulo Calazans

Canada

Curtis Behmann & Geoffrey de Kleine

China

Paolo Beconcini

Denmark

Johan Løje

Finland

Markus Mattila & Irmeli Nokkanen

France

Camille Draber, Patrice de Candé & Frédéric Glaize

Germany

Jens Künzel

Hungary

Ádám György

India

Hemant Thadhani & Manish Saurastri

Israel

David Gilat & Sa’ar Alon

Italy

Mario Franzosi & Cristiano Bacchini

Japan

Tomohiro Nakamura

Mexico

Octavio Espejo

Peru

Ana Belen Martell

Poland

Lavinia Brancusi & Klaudia Blach-Morysinska

Republic of Korea

Jihoon Kim & Buyong Jeong

Russia

Alexander Vasilets

South Africa

Wessel van Wyk & Kimberley Rose Conroy

Spain

Ruth Almaraz & Nèstor Corominas

Sweden

Mattias Malmstedt & Joakim Adamsson

Switzerland

Reinhard Oertli & Peter Schramm

Turkey

Aysu Dericioglu Egemen & Irmak Yalçiner

United Kingdom

Sara Ashby, Michael Browne & Joanne Gibbs

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