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European Design Filings At O H I M René Havermans 22 February 2013 OECD Expert Workshop on Measuring Design
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European Design Filings
At O H I M
René Havermans
22 February 2013
OECD Expert Workshop on Measuring Design
Alicante
City of Business
4th province of Spain / €35.000 Million in 2011 / 129.728 Companies With the 4th largest GDP / SMEs 96.1% / Exports € 3.500 Million/year
City of OHIM
OHIM – Agency of the EU / 100 000 CTMs and 80 000 RCDs/year / The EU Observatory on Infringements of IP rights
Employees from 27 EU Members States / 1000 IP Professionals working … For you
• Birth of right
– application for registration • Term of protection
– 5 years renewable 4 times (max: 25 years)
• Unitary character
(equal effect throughout the Community)
• Exclusion of protection
(non visible parts, technical functions, interconnections, against public policy
or morality)
Main features
Registered Community Design
• Three alternative routes allowing companies to
obtain titles for protection of trade marks and
designs within the EU
– National route (Design office in each MS)
– International route through WIPO
(World Intellectual Property Organization)
– Community route (OHIM)
How can designs be registered in Europe?
(Art 3 (a))
the appearance of the whole or a part of a product resulting from the
features of, in particular, the ...
lines
colours shape texture
contours
materials ornamentation
What is a design?
Examples of RCD’s
“Product”: any industrial or handicraft item, including inter alia
– Parts intended to be assembled into a complex product
– Packaging and Get-up
– Graphic symbols
– Typographic typefaces
Excluded - computer programs
(Art 3 (b))
What is a product?
RCD 49424-0001
Complex Products
Parts intended for assembly into a complex product
Packaging and Get-up
Logos
Extracts from websites
(RCD 22389-0001)
Graphical user interfaces (RCD 722442-0001)
RCD 329552-0004
Icons
RCD 171582-0022
RCD 319264-0001
Animated icons (RCD 1068001-0003)
Typographic typefaces
RCD 759501 - 0001
Plans, Blueprints
RCD 6879-0002 RCD 590781-0001
Set of articles articles having common features,
being on sale or intended to be used together
RCD 63664-0001 RCD 724638-0001
What are not designs
• Natural products
• Mere words and sequences of letters without figurative elements (trade
marks)
• Ideas
• Functions (patents)
• Smells and fragrances
• Music and sounds
…do not constitute the appearance of a product and therefore do not comply
with the definition of a design.
Natural products
WIN MY WAGE
Trademarks
DIESEL
“Process of producing fertilizer”
Ideas
Function
Design filings at HIM
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Received designs (Direct filings) (428.600 “alive”)
+ 32.800 international designs received over last 5 years
Around 50% of designs is renewed after 5 years
Design filings at OHIM
Trademark filings at OHIM
Trademark filings at OHIM
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Filings by Country for Year 2012
74% of filings came from EU countries
Germany; 23.50%
Italy; 10.78%
USA; 8.58%
France; 8.31%
UK; 6.25%
Spain; 4.85%
China + HK; 4.04%
Poland; 3.72%
Japan; 3.54%
Netherlands; 2.99%
Switzerland; 2.31%
Rest; 21.13%
Filings by Country for Year 2012
Linear trend of main filing countries Germany
Italy
USA
France
UK
China + HK
Japan
R² = 0.6812
R² = 0.2073
R² = 0.275
R² = 0.6638
R² = 0.4471
R² = 0.8824
R² = 0.5445
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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Linear trend of main filing countries
Growth rate main filing countries
Germany
Italy USA
France
UK
Spain
HK
Japan
Netherlands
Switzerland
100%
125%
150%
175%
200%
225%
250%
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Growth rate main filing countries
Growth rate main filing countries
China-HK
Poland
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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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Growth rate main filing countries
0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14%
Others
Textile piecegoods, artificial and natural sheet material
Photographic, cinematographic and optical apparatus
Pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, toilet articles and apparatus
Sales and advertising equipment, signs
Stationery and office equipment, artists' and teaching materials
Clocks and watches and other measuring instruments, checking and …
Equipment for production, distribution or transformation of electricity
Machines not elsewhere specified
Travel goods, cases, parasols and personal belongings, not elsewhere …
Medical and laboratory equipment
Games, toys, tents and sports goods
Articles of adornment
Building units and construction elements
Means of transport or hoisting
Tools and hardware
Graphic symbols and logos, surface patterns, ornamentat
Fluid distribution equipment, sanitary, heating, ventilation and …
Household goods, not elsewhere specified
Packages and containers for the transport or handling of goods
Lighting apparatus
Recording, communication or information retrieval equipment
Articles of Clothing and Haberdashery
Furnishing
Filings by class heading
- 99 % of fast track files registered in 2 working days
- others applications:
- designs registered within 10 working days
in 99% of cases or
- a deficiency letter sent within 10 working days
in 80% of cases.
Fast business requires fast protection
Contributors
Chief Economist Service Authors
Chief Economist Nathan Wajsman Approved by owner
APPROVED Status
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