{"id":23723,"date":"2020-01-27T12:26:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T03:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ryuka.com\/en\/?p=23723"},"modified":"2021-09-28T11:38:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T02:38:05","slug":"amended-design-act-chain-of-associated-designs-will-be-enforced-on-april-1-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ryuka.com\/kr\/news\/ip-news\/designs\/23723","title":{"rendered":"Amended Design Act, \u201cChain of Associated Designs\u201d will be enforced on April 1, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
Aki Ryuka
\nJapan Patent Attorney, Attorney at law, California, USA<\/div>\n

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\n\"\"
\nThe amended Design Act will be enacted on April 1, 2020.
\nUnder the amended Act, associate designs can be associated with other associated design as chain.<\/u> Associated designs can be filed within 10 years and last 25 years from the filing date of the first base design. It will allow you to expand protection<\/b> while selling varieties of products.<\/p>\n

\u25c7Exceptions to Publicly Known Designs<\/b>
\nIf design A is filed, publication or public sale of the
\nsame or similar design X does not affect the registerability of associated design B being later filed (hereinafter, \u201cEXCEPTION\u201d<\/b>).
\n<\/br><\/p>\n

Problem 1: \u201cDomino of Rejection\u201d<\/u><\/b><\/font><\/span>
\n\"\"
\nCase:<\/b> Associated designs are filed sequentially, starting with A as the base, then B, C and D. Right after filing each, the applicant sold products that represent the filed design.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u261e If B is rejected because of a publicly known design X, C is also rejected by the sales of B because C cannot be associated with rejected B and EXCEPTION<\/b> does not apply. Then, D is rejected by the sales of C
\nbecause D cannot be associated with the rejected
\nC and EXCEPTION<\/b> does not apply (Domino of Rejection)<\/b>.
\n<\/br>
\nProblem 2: A design similar to multiple unassociated designs that are publicly known cannot be registered<\/u><\/b><\/font><\/span>
\n\"\"
\nCase:<\/b> After unassociated designs A and B are registered and published, you would like to file a design X that is similar to both A and B.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u261e A design can be associated with only one design.<\/u> In addition, EXCEPTION<\/b> only applies to the associated design group or their similar designs. Here, X is rejected even if X is associated with A, because EXCEPTION<\/b> does not apply to the published B that is not associated with A.
\n<\/br>
\nRYUKA\u2019s Suggestions<\/u><\/b><\/font><\/span><\/br>
\n1. Filing associated designs quickly without relying on the 10-years period<\/b>
\nThis is to avoid rejection based on other known designs and to avoid the Domino of Rejection. We recommend filing associated designs together with the base design, if possible.<\/p>\n

2. Filing an intermediate design C when filing dissimilar designs A and B to associate all designs<\/b>
\nIf A and B are in an associated group thanks to C, X can be registered because EXCEPTION applies to both A and B. However, you cannot register C anymore once you file A and B.
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

3. Filing an intermediate design C if the JPO may deny the association of designs A and B. If the JPO denies the association, arguing the similarities<\/b>
\nThis secures the registerabilty of X and expansion of the scope
\nof protection in the future.
\n<\/br><\/p>\n

If you have any questions, please feel free to let us know.
\n<\/br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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