{"product_id":"industrial-design-rights-brian-w-gray-9789403525549","title":"Industrial Design Rights: An International Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is a revised and updated edition of a major work first published in 2001 under the auspices of the Intellectual Property Committee of the International Bar Association. As a comparative cross-jurisdictional analysis of the practice, theory, scope, and types of design protection, it will continue to be of immeasurable value to lawyers and others involved in industrial design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndustrial designs are particularly interesting because the laws in many countries attempt in different ways to find a balance between protection for the artistic creation and the freedom to use the purely functional, and between the proprietary rights of the creator and the public domain rights of the competitor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe third edition is comprised of twenty-five country reports, each written by one or more prominent intellectual property lawyer(s) in the country covered. To facilitate cross-jurisdictional comparison, each report is structured according to the following sequence of topics: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003enew developments in each jurisdiction;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003econventions and legislation;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edefinition of what constitutes a protectable design;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eoriginality \/novelty;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eduration of protection;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003einfringement;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edefences to infringement;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eprocedures for filing application for registration; and\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eexpunging, cancelling, or varying registration.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eProminent new developments covered in the third edition include new chapters from South Korea, Russia and Turkey as well as continuing coverage of the impact of the European Community Design Directive, the adoption of the Hague Agreement with corresponding major changes to US and Canadian design law and practice, the newly revised Japanese Design Law, and China's revised Guidelines for Examination. Each jurisdiction's currently applicable legislation, regulation, and case law is summarized and analysed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kluwer Law International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48809342566593,"sku":"9789403525549","price":218.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/5512\/0833\/files\/9789403525549.jpg?v=1732749450","url":"https:\/\/www.porchlightbooks.com\/products\/industrial-design-rights-brian-w-gray-9789403525549","provider":"Porchlight Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}