Imagine your company has developed a great new product, and you have gone through the steps to protect your intellectual property in the product. Now, a year down the road you are facing an accusation of infringement of a patent that you were not made aware of during the development of your product, but you… Read more »
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Hague Agreement Provides Smoother Path to International Design Protection
Beginning on May 13, 2015, a new and potentially cost-effective process for obtaining design protection in multiple countries became available. Under the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registrations of Industrial Designs (the “Hague Agreement”), a single application filed in a Hague Agreement contracting state can be used to obtain design protection in any other contracting state. … Read more »