copyright patent trademark attorney

copyright patent trademark attorney

The copyright gives to the author of the work an exclusive and opposable right of property, the property’s right includes moral and proprietary rights. The copyright, that exists whatever the kind, the way of expression, the merit or the purpose of the work, is likely to protect particularly industrial creations i, clothing patterns, furniture shapes, etc. But also pragmatic works such as train timetables or road maps, the work is protected from its creation without any filing procedures. The copyright lasts for the author’s life plus seventy years after his/her death, dESIGN PATENTS & INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS.

The design patent, a 2-dimensional creation, or the industrial design, a 3-dimensional creation, can be defined as the appearance of a product or of part of a product given by the lines, outlines, colours, shapes, textures and/or materials of the product and/or of its ornament, it can be protected as far as it meets the novelty and proper character criteria. Design patents or industrial designs can be protected on several levels, national, community or international, the protection is effective during 5 years renewable by periods of 5 years, up to 25 years for French and Community design patent or industrial designs. The international design patent or industrial design lasts for 15 years, afterwards it is out of copyright.

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Just like the Community trademark, the Community design is filed once for the whole European Union territory, the protection being automatically extended to the new Union member countries, at the international level, the design principles are similar to international trademarks. Designs can be filed whether at the national country level or it can be proceeded to an international design application according to the Hague system at the WIPO which centralizes the applications, a single filing, a single payment.