Term of industrial design protection under the Intellectual Property Law
According to the Intellectual Property Law, the term of protection of industrial designs, trademarks and inventions is fixed differently. Owners of industrial property objects will be guaranteed by law the exclusive right to exploit for commercial purposes during the validity period of the protection title.
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What is an industrial design?
An industrial design is the external appearance of a product, represented by lines, shapes, colors or a combination of those elements (Clause 13, Article 4 of the Intellectual Property Law 2005 as amended and supplemented in 2009).
Accordingly, industrial design makes a difference for each product of each enterprise. Therefore, the registration of product industrial design protection will help protect the industrial design owner against unauthorized use by others, bring economic benefits product exclusive commercial exploitation of the product bearing its design.
Why is it necessary to protect industrial designs?
The protection of industrial designs will make a decisive contribution to the business strategy of enterprises because when protected, the value of the product will be increased and at the same time it will attract a large number of customers.
This will also ensure that the product is not copied by objects of counterfeiting, helping to increase the commercial value of the company and enhance the value of the product, helping to define the brand image. The brand of the company plays a significant role in the marketing of the product.
Therefore, registering an industrial design is to ensure the exclusive use of a key element in the company's product marketing strategy.
Not only that, when registering for protection of industrial designs, businesses will have additional revenue through granting the right to use the design to other companies. Or through the sale of the right to use a registered design.
Term of industrial design protection
An industrial design patent is valid from the date of grant and lasts until the end of 5 years from the date of filing the application. It can be renewed twice in a row, for 5 years each time.
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