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FRIDAY, 8 JULY 2011
Japanese practice changes
Thanks to Harakenzo patent law office in Osaka for some information on changes to the Japanese design system which are expected to bite in July 2011, in their current newsletter. (Incidentally, Harakenzo have some nice design information online here.)
The first change is certainly very welcome. Regular filers will know that the Japanese Patent Office (new logo shown on the left) likes to see all six orthographic views of a product. Where you have a "partial design" of only part of a product, you may often need to supply views in which all parts are shown in dashed lines because they are not part of the design, which is a bit of a waste of everyone's time. Now, it appears, the JPO will not require this in all cases.
The second concerns display image designs. Japanese practice on these at present is pretty restrictive. I am not sure I fully understand the proposed changes, but it looks as if they are clarifying the acceptance criteria, and possibly also allowing dynamic icon images (those which change appearance over time).
We look forward to learning more about how these will work in practice. Posted by: David Musker @ 13.13
Tags: dynamic icons, Japan, jpo, orthographic, partial design,
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Japanese practice changes
The first change is certainly very welcome. Regular filers will know that the Japanese Patent Office (new logo shown on the left) likes to see all six orthographic views of a product. Where you have a "partial design" of only part of a product, you may often need to supply views in which all parts are shown in dashed lines because they are not part of the design, which is a bit of a waste of everyone's time. Now, it appears, the JPO will not require this in all cases.
The second concerns display image designs. Japanese practice on these at present is pretty restrictive. I am not sure I fully understand the proposed changes, but it looks as if they are clarifying the acceptance criteria, and possibly also allowing dynamic icon images (those which change appearance over time).
We look forward to learning more about how these will work in practice. Posted by: David Musker @ 13.13
Tags: dynamic icons, Japan, jpo, orthographic, partial design,
Perm-A-Link: https://www.marques.org/blogs/class99?XID=BHA266
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