Leading Office
USPTO EUIPO
Project Definition
To promote protection of emerging designs by comparing existing provisions and different
practices among the ID5 Offices related to the protection of new and emerging industrial designs and identifying
gaps in existing protection and office practices.
Desired Outcome
Partners intend to create a catalogue of the existing scope of legal frameworks and office
practices used to protect identified emerging designs and consider improvements and developments to the existing
legal framework and office practices identified in the catalogue that are beneficial to users and/or offices.
Partners also intend to collaborate on future projects designed to bridge identified gaps in existing legal
framework and office practices and monitor development of new types of emerging designs for potential
consideration by the Partners in the future as appropriate.
