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[Article / Designs] The boundary of similarity assessment between partial and whole designs (Design Committee, Patent, April 2025)
Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む [Article / Designs] The boundary of similarity assessment between partial and whole designs (Design Committee, Patent, April 2025) 1. Four requirements for a whole design and a partial design to be found similar (Design Examination Guidelines) (1) Common use and function: The uses and functions of the articles, etc. of both designs must be identical or similar. (2) Correspondence between the part and the whole: The use and function of the w
[Design] Case No. 2024 (Gyo-ke) 10108
Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む [Design] Case No. 2024 (Gyo-ke) 10108 [Packaging container / Partial design] (Presiding Judge Masuda) ★ A judgment clarifying whether a partial design and an overall design can be registered as related designs, and the difference in the scope of comparison in assessing novelty!! <Comparison with the principal design: related design, Article 10(1)> The design in the application is a partial design covering only the flange, whereas the princi
