Catalog of eligibility for industrial design protection

Leading Office

KIPO

Project Definition

To broaden the mutual understanding amomg Partners through the sharing of basic legal information, such information as on design protection systems and regitrability reqirements.

Desired Outcome

A catalog which compares and analyzes basic legal information on the Partners’ design systems, including legal definitions of design, subject matters of desing protection, registrability/patentability requirements, and unregistrable designs, in addition to documentation of relevant cases and precedents.