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Introduction; Design Registration; Registrability; Spare Parts; Scope of protection given by Design Registration; Protection for Industrial Designs abroad;
The Community Design Registration; The International Design Registration;
The Application for Design Registration; Ownership of Registered Designs; Unregistered Design Rights; UK Unregistered Design Right; Ownership of UK Unregistered Design Right; Unregistered Community Design; Copyright.
The international design registration provides for a design registration which, once granted, covers any one or more of the following countries:-
Belgium
Indonesia
North Korea
Benin
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Liechtenstein
Senegal
Côte d'Ivoire
Luxembourg
Slovenia
Egypt
Macedonia
Spain
France
Monaco
Suriname
Germany
Mongolia
Switzerland
Greece
Morocco
Tunisia
Holy See
Moldova
Ukraine
Hungary
Netherlands
Yugoslavia
Note that the United Kingdom cannot be designated. Applications can only be filed in the name of nationals of member countries and this thus excludes most British individuals and companies. However, a British company which has a permanent address, or an affiliate or subsidiary in one of the countries in the above list can file in the name of the company, or in the name of the affiliate or subsidiary, as the case may be.
Unlike a Community design registration, an International design registration is not unitary and, once granted, is effectively treated as a bundle of national design registrations which may be renewed (or not) separately from the others.
Note that, as far as the Paris Convention is concerned (see above) the international design application is treated in the same way as any other foreign application.
For registered designs, design right and copyright, contact Chris Boydell or
Sarah Perkins in our London office, or David Marles in our Bristol office.