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1 Requirements for Design Protection: Global Commonalities |
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2 | (28) |
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2 | (3) |
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2 | (1) |
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2 Design law: balance of interests? |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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II Fundamental principles of design protection |
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5 | (14) |
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1 Subject matter of design protection |
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a) Definition of a design |
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b) Representation of a design |
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7 | (2) |
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c) Interpretation of a design |
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9 | (1) |
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2 Priority claim (`the same') |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (3) |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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17 | (1) |
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5 Exclusion from protection |
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17 | (2) |
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6 Defences to infringement |
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19 | (1) |
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III Registration versus use |
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19 | (1) |
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1 Concept of registration |
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19 | (1) |
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19 | (1) |
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3 Similarities and differences |
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20 | (1) |
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IV Design versus patent versus copyright approach |
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20 | (3) |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (1) |
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V The international legal environment: past and present |
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23 | (7) |
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23 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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c) Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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a) Harmonisation in terms of formalities |
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25 | (3) |
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b) Non-harmonisation in terms of substantive law |
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28 | (2) |
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2 Trends in Functionality Jurisprudence: U.S. and E.U. Design Law |
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30 | (47) |
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30 | (1) |
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II Functionality in U.S. design patent law: critical trends |
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31 | (18) |
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1 Emergence of a bifurcated approach: validity versus scope functionality |
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31 | (3) |
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2 Applying validity functionality doctrine |
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34 | (1) |
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a) Predominance of `alternative designs' evidence |
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35 | (2) |
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b) Assessing what constitutes an alternative design |
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37 | (1) |
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c) The alternative designs analysis for standard-essential designs |
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38 | (1) |
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d) Limiting the role of ornamentality tests |
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39 | (1) |
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3 Applying scope functionality doctrine |
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40 | (1) |
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a) Scope functionality in the claim construction analysis |
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40 | (1) |
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aa) Process considerations after Teva |
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40 | (2) |
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bb) Functionality and the abstractions problem |
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42 | (1) |
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b) Tempering the Richardson `factoring' analysis |
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43 | (6) |
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III Functionality in Community design law |
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49 | (27) |
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50 | (1) |
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a) Functionality exclusions |
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50 | (1) |
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aa) Features solely dictated by technical function |
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50 | (11) |
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bb) Features required for connectivity |
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61 | (2) |
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b) Visibility requirement for component parts |
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63 | (5) |
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2 Individual character and infringement doctrines |
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68 | (1) |
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a) Impressing the informed user |
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69 | (4) |
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73 | (3) |
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76 | (1) |
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3 Easier to See than to Say: Catching the Elusive Spirit of Design in a Net of Words |
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77 | (42) |
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77 | (1) |
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II Imprecisions in decisions |
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77 | (5) |
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1 Verbalising and vocabularising: gaining words and losing meaning |
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79 | (2) |
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2 Of generality and granularity |
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81 | (1) |
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III Overall impression and the test person: realistic or legalistic? |
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82 | (1) |
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IV Separating two questions: essence and similarity |
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83 | (5) |
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1 The nature of the first question: the design |
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83 | (1) |
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2 Like-with-like comparison |
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84 | (1) |
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3 Determination of an unregistered design |
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84 | (1) |
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4 Construction of a registered design |
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85 | (2) |
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5 The nature of the second question: the visual comparison |
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87 | (1) |
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V Europe's `overall impression' test |
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88 | (1) |
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VI Dissecting the Gestalt |
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89 | (17) |
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1 Purposes of dissection: filtration, weighting and short-cuts |
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90 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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a) Feature filtration: essential and inessential |
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90 | (2) |
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b) Feature filtration: old and new |
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92 | (1) |
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c) Feature filtration: functional, visible or ornamental |
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93 | (2) |
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95 | (3) |
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e) Of babies and bathwater: the dangers of filtration |
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98 | (1) |
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3 Short-circuiting the comparison |
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99 | (1) |
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a) Omission of essential or dominant features |
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100 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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4 Weighting and synthesis |
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101 | (1) |
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a) Weighting in relation to the prior art |
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102 | (1) |
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b) Distance from the prior art |
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102 | (1) |
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c) The `least distance rule' |
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103 | (2) |
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105 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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VII Comparing overall impressions: `structured approaches' |
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106 | (2) |
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VIII Comparing similarities and differences at feature level |
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108 | (6) |
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1 The Eredu approach: weighting the comparisons |
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109 | (2) |
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2 Distortions caused by concentration on similarities |
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111 | (1) |
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3 Distortions caused by concentration on differences |
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111 | (1) |
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4 Difference in overall impression, or overall impression of difference? |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (1) |
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6 Trial fatigue and mind's eye strain |
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114 | (1) |
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IX Conclusion: some palliatives |
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114 | (5) |
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PART II METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES |
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4 Reciprocity in European Design Law |
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119 | (50) |
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I The concept of reciprocity |
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119 | (15) |
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1 The notion of reciprocity |
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120 | (1) |
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2 Interaction between prior art and validity |
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121 | (4) |
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3 Interaction between prior art and scope of protection |
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125 | (1) |
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4 Interaction between scope of protection and infringement |
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126 | (2) |
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5 Interaction between validity, scope of protection and infringement? |
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128 | (3) |
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6 Interaction between prior art, scope of protection and infringement |
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131 | (1) |
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7 Static scope of protection (date of reciprocity) |
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132 | (1) |
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8 Degree of freedom of the designer of earlier or later design? |
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133 | (1) |
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II Other fields of reciprocity |
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134 | (17) |
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1 Subject matter of earlier and later design |
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134 | (2) |
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2 Different views of earlier and later design (partial designs) |
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136 | (3) |
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3 Use of solid and broken lines in earlier and later design |
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139 | (1) |
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4 The feature of colour in earlier and later design |
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140 | (2) |
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5 Description of earlier or later design |
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142 | (2) |
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6 The relevant prior art when testing validity and infringement |
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144 | (2) |
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7 Use of earlier and later design in the course of trade |
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146 | (2) |
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8 Informed user of earlier and later design |
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148 | (2) |
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9 Designer of earlier and later design |
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150 | (1) |
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10 No protection for the design of living plants or against its use |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (12) |
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1 Re-design, facelift and rumours |
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151 | (5) |
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2 Eased conditions for finding validity? |
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156 | (4) |
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3 No discrimination of selected industries, sectors or categories |
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160 | (3) |
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IV Reciprocity in European trade mark, trade dress and copyright law |
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163 | (4) |
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1 Reciprocity in trade mark law |
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164 | (1) |
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2 Reciprocity in trade dress law |
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165 | (1) |
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3 Reciprocity in copyright law |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (2) |
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5 Design Rights and Designer's Rights in the EU |
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169 | (38) |
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169 | (1) |
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II Authorship and ownership |
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170 | (32) |
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1 Designer's personal interests (designer's right of paternity) |
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170 | (4) |
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174 | (1) |
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a) Initial entitlement (`designer doctrine') |
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174 | (1) |
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b) The notion of the `designer' |
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175 | (2) |
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177 | (1) |
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aa) Plurality of designers |
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178 | (1) |
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bb) The notion of'jointly developed' |
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179 | (1) |
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cc) Changes to the original design |
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180 | (1) |
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dd) Degree of contribution |
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181 | (3) |
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d) The notion of the'successor in title' |
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184 | (1) |
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e) Designs developed by an employee |
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184 | (1) |
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aa) Original allocation of rights |
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184 | (2) |
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bb) Variations under national law |
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186 | (1) |
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cc) The employment relationship |
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186 | (2) |
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dd) `Developed by an employee in the execution of his duties' |
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188 | (1) |
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ee) `Following the instructions given by the employer' |
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189 | (1) |
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f) Designs developed pursuant to a commission |
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190 | (2) |
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g) The nature and protection of the right to the design |
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192 | (3) |
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h) Procedural issues under Article 17 CDR |
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195 | (1) |
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3 Dealings with Community designs as objects of property |
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196 | (1) |
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a) Community designs as national rights (Article 27 CDR) |
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196 | (1) |
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b) Transfer (Article 30 CDR) |
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197 | (1) |
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c) Licensing (Article 32 CDR) |
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197 | (4) |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (3) |
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III Conclusions and future challenges |
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205 | (2) |
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6 Enablement and Indefiniteness in U.S. Design Patents after In re Maatita and Ex parte Kaufman |
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207 | (25) |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (3) |
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1 The enablement and indefiniteness requirement |
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208 | (2) |
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2 Subject matter of the design and scope of the claim |
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210 | (1) |
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3 Views of all sides of a three-dimensional object required? |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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1 The findings of the USPTO's examiner |
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211 | (1) |
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2 The findings of the PTAB |
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212 | (1) |
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212 | (5) |
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1 The findings of the USPTO's examiner |
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213 | (2) |
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2 The findings of the PTAB |
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215 | (1) |
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3 The findings of the Federal Circuit |
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216 | (1) |
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V Applying In re Maatita to examples |
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217 | (5) |
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VI Some distinct criticism |
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222 | (2) |
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VII A supplementary view from Europe |
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224 | (5) |
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1 Determining the subject matter of a partial design |
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224 | (1) |
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2 Written text or context irrelevant |
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225 | (2) |
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3 Testing infringement of a partial design |
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227 | (1) |
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4 Testing validity of a partial design |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (3) |
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PART III ESTABLISHING AND ENFORCING PROTECTION |
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7 Protection of Designs on the Basis of Use |
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232 | (18) |
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232 | (1) |
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II Unregistered design rights in the EU and elsewhere |
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233 | (1) |
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1 Unregistered Community design rights |
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233 | (1) |
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2 National unregistered design rights or similar protection in Europe and elsewhere |
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233 | (1) |
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III Establishing unregistered design rights in the EU and U.K.: nature of establishing acts and territorial link |
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234 | (7) |
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234 | (1) |
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a) Territorial aspects when establishing unregistered Community design rights |
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234 | (1) |
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b) Nature of acts establishing unregistered Community design rights |
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235 | (2) |
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c) Ownership of an unregistered Community design right |
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237 | (1) |
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237 | (1) |
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a) Nature of the U.K. unregistered design right |
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237 | (2) |
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b) Requirement of a `qualifying design' |
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239 | (2) |
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IV Proof of copying and remedies in case of an infringement of unregistered design rights |
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241 | (1) |
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V Disadvantages for non-EU entities? |
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242 | (2) |
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VI Comparison with `neighbouring' rights |
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244 | (4) |
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244 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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3 Unfair competition and passing off |
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245 | (1) |
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245 | (1) |
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246 | (2) |
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248 | (2) |
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8 Claiming Priority under the Community Design Scheme |
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250 | (33) |
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I Priority requirements under international design law |
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251 | (2) |
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II Interaction between patent and design law |
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253 | (3) |
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III Who decides on a valid priority claim |
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256 | (4) |
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1 When is the EUIPO called to examine priority? |
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256 | (2) |
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2 When are infringement courts called to examine priority? |
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258 | (2) |
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IV What to decide: same subject matter, same design and date of priority |
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260 | (3) |
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1 Same subject matter under the Paris Convention |
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260 | (1) |
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2 Same design under the Community design scheme |
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261 | (1) |
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262 | (1) |
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V Claiming priority: how to decide |
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263 | (6) |
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1 Differences between priority claim and subsequent Community design |
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263 | (2) |
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2 Differences between priority claim and asserted Community design |
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265 | (2) |
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267 | (2) |
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VI Multiple and partial priorities |
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269 | (8) |
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277 | (4) |
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281 | (2) |
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9 Enforcing Design Rights throughout Europe |
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283 | (21) |
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283 | (1) |
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II Sanctions for design infringement |
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284 | (7) |
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1 The Enforcement Directive |
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284 | (1) |
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2 Overview on the implementation of the Enforcement Directive in the Member States |
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285 | (1) |
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285 | (1) |
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286 | (2) |
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288 | (1) |
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d) Disclosure of information |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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f) Publication of judgments |
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291 | (1) |
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3 Commonalities and divergences |
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291 | (1) |
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III International jurisdiction in case of design infringement |
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291 | (8) |
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1 The Brussels I Regulation and the Community Designs Regulation |
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291 | (4) |
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2 Recognition and enforcement of decisions under the Brussels Regulation |
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295 | (1) |
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3 Claims against multiple defendants under the Brussels I Regulation |
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296 | (1) |
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a) Requirements for joinder of parties |
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296 | (1) |
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b) Extent of international jurisdiction |
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297 | (2) |
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IV Applicable substantive law |
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299 | (2) |
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301 | (3) |
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10 Protection of Spare Parts in Design Law: A Comparative Law Analysis |
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304 | (41) |
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304 | (1) |
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305 | (15) |
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1 Spare part protection under design law |
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305 | (1) |
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a) Specific requirements for component parts |
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305 | (1) |
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b) `Must-fit' and `must-match' features |
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306 | (1) |
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c) `Freeze-plus' and the withdrawn European Commission proposal |
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306 | (1) |
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d) The Community Designs Regulation |
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307 | (3) |
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e) The situation in the European Union (before 1 January 2021) |
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310 | (1) |
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aa) Community and national design law |
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310 | (1) |
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bb) Overlap with other IP rights |
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311 | (2) |
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313 | (1) |
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3 New (or envisaged) legislation in Germany and France |
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314 | (2) |
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316 | (1) |
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317 | (1) |
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318 | (1) |
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319 | (1) |
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320 | (18) |
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320 | (1) |
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320 | (1) |
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b) Requirements for protection: ornamentality versus functionality |
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321 | (1) |
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c) Design patent exhaustion and the right to repair |
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322 | (2) |
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d) The proposed `repair clause' |
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324 | (2) |
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e) Antitrust considerations |
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326 | (1) |
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327 | (4) |
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331 | (2) |
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333 | (1) |
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334 | (1) |
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335 | (3) |
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IV International design law |
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338 | (3) |
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338 | (1) |
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2 Exclusion of spare parts from design protection |
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338 | (1) |
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3 Repair clauses and the three-step test |
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339 | (2) |
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341 | (4) |
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341 | (2) |
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2 Summary of possible solutions |
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343 | (2) |
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11 Design Protection for Graphical User Interfaces |
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345 | (33) |
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345 | (4) |
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II GUI protection through different IP rights and in different jurisdictions |
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349 | (2) |
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351 | (8) |
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1 History of design patent protection for GUI |
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351 | (1) |
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2 Protecting GUI under design patent law |
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352 | (3) |
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3 Enforcing GUI design patents |
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355 | (4) |
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359 | (5) |
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1 History of design patent protection for GUI |
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359 | (1) |
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2 Protecting GUI under Chinese design patent law |
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360 | (2) |
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3 Enforcing GUI design patents |
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362 | (2) |
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364 | (6) |
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1 History of design protection for GUI |
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364 | (1) |
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2 Protecting GUI under Japanese design law |
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365 | (5) |
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3 Recent legislative developments |
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370 | (1) |
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370 | (5) |
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1 History of design protection for GUI |
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370 | (3) |
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2 Protecting GUI under Australian design law |
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373 | (1) |
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3 Recent legislative developments |
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374 | (1) |
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375 | (3) |
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12 `Mast-Jagermeister' before the Court of Justice of the EU: What the Outcome Really Means |
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378 | (27) |
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378 | (2) |
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II Subject matter of the designs at issue |
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380 | (5) |
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III Legal context and law |
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385 | (1) |
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IV Mast-Jagermeister's arguments and sole ground of appeal before the CJEU |
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385 | (3) |
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V The judgment in Mast-Jagermeister |
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388 | (1) |
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VI Inconsistency or ambiguity of views? |
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388 | (2) |
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VII Inconsistency between views and product indication? |
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390 | (6) |
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VIII Remedies in case of deficiencies? |
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396 | (1) |
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IX The German applications filed by Mast-Jagermeister |
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397 | (3) |
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400 | (5) |
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PART V TRANSNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE DIMENSIONS |
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13 International Design Law Policies: Present and Future |
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405 | (36) |
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I Status and prospects of the Hague Agreement |
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405 | (25) |
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405 | (1) |
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2 Advantages of design rights acquired through the Hague Agreement |
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406 | (1) |
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407 | (1) |
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4 Complicated coexistence of different regimes |
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408 | (1) |
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5 Goals of the Geneva Act: deposition of declarations |
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408 | (1) |
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a) Declarations to be deposited by Contracting Parties with an examining office |
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409 | (1) |
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b) Declarations to be deposited by any Contracting Party |
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409 | (2) |
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6 New countries joining the Geneva Act: what to expect? |
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411 | (1) |
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412 | (2) |
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414 | (2) |
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416 | (2) |
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418 | (2) |
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e) United Kingdom and Northern Ireland |
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420 | (1) |
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420 | (2) |
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422 | (1) |
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h) People's Republic of China |
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423 | (1) |
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i) Appraising the enlargement of the geographical scope |
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424 | (2) |
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7 The Hague Working Group: its aims and goals |
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426 | (1) |
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a) Meetings held in 2011 and 2012 |
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426 | (1) |
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b) Meetings held in 2013 and 2014 |
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427 | (1) |
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c) Fifth meeting held in 2015 |
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428 | (1) |
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d) Sixth meeting held in 2017 |
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429 | (1) |
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e) Seventh meeting held in 2018 |
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430 | (1) |
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II Status and improvement of the Locarno Classification |
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430 | (4) |
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1 History of origin and status quo |
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430 | (1) |
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2 Prospects: still waiting for a new search system |
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431 | (3) |
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III Proposal for a Design Law Treaty |
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434 | (7) |
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435 | (2) |
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437 | (2) |
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3 Goals of the Design Law Treaty |
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439 | (1) |
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4 Relationship between the Design Law Treaty and the Hague Agreement |
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440 | (1) |
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14 Three-Dimensional Trade Marks and Designs: Comparison and Conflict |
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441 | (41) |
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441 | (2) |
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443 | (18) |
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1 Registrability/protectability |
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443 | (1) |
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443 | (1) |
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aa) Representation: clarity and precision |
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443 | (1) |
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bb) Absolute grounds: distinctiveness |
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443 | (2) |
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445 | (1) |
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446 | (1) |
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aa) Clarity and precision: single design |
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446 | (1) |
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bb) Novelty and individual character |
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447 | (2) |
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449 | (1) |
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449 | (1) |
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449 | (1) |
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aa) Shape resulting from the goods themselves |
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450 | (1) |
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bb) Shape necessary to obtain a technical result |
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451 | (1) |
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cc) Shape giving substantial value to the goods |
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452 | (4) |
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456 | (1) |
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457 | (4) |
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III Conflicts between trade marks and designs |
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461 | (19) |
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1 Earlier design and later trade mark |
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461 | (1) |
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a) Infringement of a design by the use of a trade mark |
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461 | (2) |
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463 | (1) |
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463 | (1) |
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2 Earlier trade mark and later design |
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464 | (1) |
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a) Infringement of a trade mark by the use of a design |
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464 | (1) |
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aa) Trade mark use of a design |
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464 | (1) |
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465 | (1) |
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cc) Identity or similarity of the mark and the design |
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466 | (1) |
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466 | (1) |
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467 | (1) |
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467 | (2) |
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469 | (1) |
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470 | (1) |
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470 | (1) |
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cc) Identical or similar signs |
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471 | (1) |
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dd) Similarity of goods or services |
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471 | (1) |
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ee) Contesting the validity of the earlier trade mark |
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472 | (1) |
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473 | (3) |
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gg) Earlier distinctive sign as part of the relevant design corpus |
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476 | (1) |
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hh) Maintenance in modified form |
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477 | (1) |
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478 | (1) |
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479 | (1) |
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480 | (2) |
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15 Cross-border Copyright Protection in Europe |
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482 | (25) |
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I Introduction: harmonisation and free movement |
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482 | (3) |
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II The EU `principle of cumulation': a historical legacy |
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485 | (5) |
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1 Comparative legal antecedents |
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485 | (2) |
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2 Genesis of Article 17 Designs Directive |
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487 | (3) |
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III The EU `principle of cumulation': modern interpretations |
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490 | (12) |
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1 Genesis of EU policy in Flos |
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490 | (2) |
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2 The dark horse: originality as interpreted in Cofemel and Brompton |
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492 | (1) |
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3 National approaches within the EU |
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493 | (1) |
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a) United Kingdom: abandoning the duration exception |
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493 | (2) |
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b) Germany: abandoning the Stufentheorie approach |
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495 | (3) |
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c) Italy: abandoning `artistic value' |
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498 | (2) |
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d) France: Vive I'unite de I'art! |
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500 | (2) |
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502 | (5) |
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1 Pre-emption of national sovereignty |
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502 | (2) |
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2 Changing socio-legal context |
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504 | (3) |
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16 How Different is Different? Modern Neuroscience and its Impact on Design Law |
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507 | (43) |
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Christopher Daniel Morley |
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I The changing business value of visual design and design intellectual property |
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507 | (2) |
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II Data-driven decision-making in the modern world |
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509 | (2) |
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III Emerging applications of neuroscience in law: neuroaesthetics |
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511 | (2) |
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IV Why the finder of fact needs support from research data to better inform their design patent infringement decisions |
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513 | (3) |
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1 Inadequate training of judge and jury related to shape perception science |
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513 | (2) |
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515 | (1) |
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V How we perceive shapes in the real world |
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516 | (14) |
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1 Overview of vision science and shape perception |
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516 | (1) |
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2 Information processing for shape perception and object recognition |
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516 | (1) |
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517 | (1) |
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518 | (2) |
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3 Critical principles related to shape perception and object recognition |
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520 | (1) |
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a) Cognitive minimisation |
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520 | (1) |
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521 | (1) |
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c) Gestalt principles of perception |
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521 | (1) |
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d) Salience of parts of objects |
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522 | (1) |
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4 Perceptual biases impact shape perception |
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523 | (2) |
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5 Transformations of shapes do not impact shape perception |
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525 | (3) |
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6 Impact of branding on shape perception |
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528 | (2) |
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7 Individual differences in design sensitivity |
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530 | (1) |
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VI An empirical ordinary observer test |
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530 | (3) |
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VII Determining damages in a changing design patent litigation landscape |
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533 | (3) |
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1 Apple v Samsung: a big win for defendants in design patent matters |
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534 | (1) |
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2 Current summary judgment practices |
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534 | (1) |
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3 How damages are calculated based on the recent Apple v Samsung ruling |
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535 | (1) |
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VIII The damages phase of design patent cases |
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536 | (3) |
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1 What SCOTUS and the litigating parties missed |
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536 | (1) |
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2 The criticality of component part patents |
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537 | (1) |
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3 The use of canonical parts in product design and design patents |
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537 | (2) |
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4 Why are there so few component part patent suits? |
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539 | (1) |
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539 | (7) |
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1 Making the DOJ framework workable in the context of design patent damages |
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540 | (1) |
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2 Lack of factor prioritisation and logical flow model |
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540 | (1) |
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3 Prioritisation is possible and supportable |
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541 | (1) |
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4 Why the second DOJ Factor is the gating function: the brand extension test |
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541 | (1) |
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5 The canonical-view test |
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542 | (1) |
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6 Automatic override of the Factor 3 test (conceptually distinct) |
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542 | (1) |
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7 Elimination of Factors 1 and 4 |
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542 | (1) |
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8 Application of Rule 289 (full profits) |
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543 | (1) |
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9 The slippery slope of less than full profits under Rule 289 |
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543 | (1) |
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10 DOJ defines one step but leaves second step open |
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543 | (1) |
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11 The use of DOJ Factors 1, 3 and 4 |
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544 | (1) |
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12 In utility patent cases, the courts set a high bar for apportionment and calculation of damages |
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544 | (1) |
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13 In utility patent cases, supportable damage calculations often require consumer/user research |
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545 | (1) |
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14 Apportionment research in a design patent case is not like apportionment research in a utility patent case |
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545 | (1) |
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X Advanced design research methods that generate reliable data on the value of visual design in product success |
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546 | (2) |
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548 | (2) |
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