December 2014
Beginner
200 pages
8h 3m
English
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Intellectual Property and Assessing its Financial Value
by Benedikt Sas, Stanislas De Vocht, Philippe Jacobs
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Intellectual Property and Assessing Its Financial Value
Designs are not protected as patents, but as EU Community designs.
Plant varieties are not protected as patents, but breeders’ rights are
protected under CPVR regulations.
US design patents versus EU Community
designs
According to WIPO statistics, the number of design patents is increasing
significantly. In 1990 only 1,758 design patents were issued in the United
States, versus 14,732 in 1999.
In the United States designs are protected under the patent legislation
as patents. Articles 25 and 26 of TRIPS of the WTO cover the protection
of industrial designs on a worldwide basis. Deposits ...