Welcome to the third edition of ICLG – Designs, published by Global Legal Group. This publication provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with comprehensive jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guidance to designs laws and regulations around the world, and is also available at www.iclg.com.
This year, there is one expert analysis chapter titled “Overhauling the Design Protection Landscape in the UK: A First Step?”.
The question and answer chapters, which in this edition cover 17 jurisdictions, provide detailed answers to common questions raised by professionals dealing with designs laws and regulations.
As always, this publication has been written by leading designs lawyers and industry specialists, for whose invaluable contributions the editors and publishers are extremely grateful.
Global Legal Group would also like to extend special thanks to contributing editor Ewan Grist of Bird & Bird LLP for their leadership, support and expertise in bringing this project to fruition.
Expert Analysis Chapter
1 Overhauling the Design Protection Landscape in the UK: A First Step?
Ewan Grist, Bird & Bird LLP
Q&A Chapters
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Australia
FB Rice: Jeremy Dobbin, John Hogan, Andrea Ruhrmann & Stuart Campbell
13
Brazil
Murta Goyanes Advogados: Luiza Duarte Pereira, Patrícia Rizel, Conrado Steinbruck & Fernanda Mósca
20
Canada
Marks & Clerk Law LLP: Jean-Charles Grégoire, Kevin Shipley, Amrita V. Singh & Paul Horbal
28
France
Cabinet Armengaud Guerlain: Catherine Mateu
37
Germany
BARDEHLE PAGENBERG: Philipe Kutschke & Jan Lersch
46
India
LexOrbis: Manisha Singh & Omesh Puri
56
Israel
Reinhold Cohn Group: David Gilat, Ena Pugatsch, Ifat Katzhendler & Amotz Thee
65
Italy
DDPV Studio Legale: Luciano Vasques
75
Japan
Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune: Nobuto Shirane
83
Norway
Acapo AS: Espen Clausen & Erik Otby
90
Portugal
Caiado Guerreiro, Soc. de Adv., SP RL:
Ricardo Costa Macedo, Adriana Magalhães & João Bertholo Meireles
99
Serbia
MIKIJELJ JANKOVIC & BOGDANOVIC: Mara Jankovic & Maja Popovic
106
Spain
Arochi & Lindner: Gonzalo Barboza & Miriam Anidjar Mogeda
119
Switzerland
BMG Avocats: Anne-Virginie La Spada
127
United Kingdom
Bird & Bird LLP: Ewan Grist & Louise Sargeant
135
USA
McAndrews, Held, and Malloy: Christopher V. Carani, Dunstan H. Barnes & Sarine R. Hagopian
143
Zimbabwe
Wintertons Legal Practitioners:
Cordellia Nyasha Midzi
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