Subjects:

Intellectual Property Law

Contents:

Protection of Industrial Models and Designs The Legal Regime in Argentina

P. Kaufer-Barbe. Industrial Design Law in Australia

S. Gilchrist, D. Ziegler. Industrial Design Protection in Brazil

C. C. Schulz, A. Carminatti. Industrial Design Protection in Canada

B. W. Gray, et al. Protection of Industrial Designs in China

S. Feng. European Community Design Law

R. Durie. Protection of Designs and Models in France

A. Neri. Protection of Industrial Designs: An Overview of German Law

K.-J. Michaeli. Protection of Design in India

S. D. Ahuja. The Protection of Industrial Design Under Italian Law

L. Pavanello. Japanese Design Law: A Summary for Practitioners of the Protection System Under the Design Law in Japan

K. Asamura. Protection of Designs in Mexico

J. Delgado. The Protection of Industrial Designs in the Netherlands

R. Hermans. Protection of Industrial Design in the Nordic Countries

S. Bigaard, K. E. Madsen. Industrial Design Law in Singapore

G. Mirandah. Report on Industrial Designs in Spanish Law

G. Ulloa. Legal Protection of Industrial Designs in Taiwan in a Nutshell

P. I.C. Yun, F.F.J. Liu. The Law of Industrial Designs in the United Kingdom

J. Linneker. Protecting Proprietary Product Designs in the USA

D. W. Brinkman. Industrial Design Law in Venezuela

L F. Elias.

A comparative analysis of the theory, scope and type of design protection, which differ widely from country to country. The book arises from an attempt by the Intellectual Property Committee of the International Bar Association to compare cross-jurisdictional industry design laws.

Industrial designs are particularly interesting because the laws in many countries attempt in different ways to find a balance between protection for the artistic and freedom to use the purely functional, between the proprietary rights of the creator and the public domain rights of the competitor.

The work comprises 20 country reports written by prominent intellectual property lawyers, each chapter focused around a common series of questions to facilitate cross-jurisdictional comparison.