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Can a Logo Help You Get a Design Patent and Avoid Infringement?

Patent Trademark Blog

Can you include a logo in your design patent application? Let me share a strategy if you’re thinking about filing a design patent application for a new product that might be considered somewhat similar to existing products. It is possible to include a logo in your design patent application for a product.

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How to Protect and Trademark Your Clothing Brand

Patent Trademark Blog

How to Register IP for your Clothing Your new clothing brand may have a variety of IP to protect. Need to protect your clothing brand? Contact US patent and trademark attorney Vic Lin at 949-223-9623 or email vlin@icaplaw.com to explore how we can register your clothing brand’s trademarks, patents and copyrights.

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What Protects The Intellectual Property Created By Artists Or Designers?

Intepat

Further, the Copyright protects the following types of original artwork. It’s important to understand that while copyright law allows you to protect your design, it does not cover the article’s utilitarian aspect. Industrial Design. Hence, the maximum period of protection in design patents is fifteen years.

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How to Get IP When It’s Too Late to Patent

Patent Trademark Blog

It’s not the function, but the looks of your product that might be protectable if it’s too late to file a patent. These are the visual features that would have been appropriate for design patent protection. Notice I said ornamental features, not ornamental products. Not every visual feature will be copyrightable.

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What Protects The Intellectual Property Created By Artists Or Designers?

Intepat

However, if the designer chooses to follow Section 15 of the Copyright registration procedures and implements this registration for industrial actions, the designer will be able to benefit from design protection up to the object’s 50th reproduction. Design Rights. One should register their art Under copyright.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

IP Tech Blog

In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. It has been debated whether NFTs/DC could be protected in China by design patents. Both of these cases originate out of California’s Central District court.

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Intellectual Property Tools for Protecting Fashion Goods

LexBlog IP

Just as every piece of artwork is unique, there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to protecting your fashion goods with intellectual property tools. The next time you would like to protect a great innovative design you expect will be a big hit on the market, you should consider obtaining a design patent.