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The Designs Committee develops and advocates our policy related to design rights.

The Committee monitors design cases, legislation, and regulations in various jurisdictions, including at the international, regional and national levels, and proposes policy recommendations to the Board.

Committee work includes writing reports and submissions, interacting with government officials and design organizations, raising awareness among members of design-related issues, and advocacy in conjunction with relevant committees and staff.

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Designs Committee

Chair

Iván Sempere

PADIMA

Spain

Designs Committee

Vice Chair

Tracy-Gene Durkin

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

United States

Staff Liaison

Erica Vaccarello

[email protected]

Highlights

The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs

Model Design Law Guidelines to enable us to advocate good design law policy around the globe.

Guidelines for Examination of Industrial Designs to serve as a baseline standard for the practice of Industrial Property (IP) Offices in the examination of design applications.

The Committee has been actively participating in the evaluation of the European Union designs system and advocating for a new legal framework to provide more harmonized, clear, efficient, and user-friendly procedures taking into account new technologies. Based on the Committee’s input, INTA has:

  • Submitted along with ECTA and MARQUES a Joint Paper on Legal Review of EU Designs System to the European Commission and the EUIPO in July 2018
  • Submitted a Contribution to the Consultation on Design Protection in the EU to the European Commission in April 2019
  • Promoted accession to the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs, based on the Board Resolution of November, 2016

EUROPEAN UNION and UNITED KINGDOM: Design Copyrights—Courts Interpret ‘Cofemel’ on Aesthetic Appeal and Functionality

André Meyer
March 15, 2020

Two recent copyright cases from January and February 2020 considered the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Cofemel-Sociedade de Vesturário SA v. G-Star Raw CV (Case C-683/17, Sept. 12, 2019). In this case, the CJEU confirmed “that the Copyri...

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MEXICO: Declarations Under Hague Agreement and New IP Law

Octavio Espejo
May 1, 2020

On March 6, 2020, the Director General of the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) deposited the instrument of accession to the (1999) Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement, making Mexico the first Spanish-speaking Latin American country to do so. At the same time,...

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