1. Industrial Designs WS 2008.pptVIP

Industrial designs in the TRIPS agreement – Principle of protection 1. Introduction The term “industrial design” applies to a wide range of designs, including almost all objects constituting the human environment: from everyday private possessions (clothes, cosmetics, decoration) to home facilities (furniture, kitchen equipment, decorative textiles, etc.) to workplace facilities, means of transportation, factories, and so on. Industrial designs were first mentioned in the Paris Convention on protection of industrial property of 1883. In art. 5 quinquies of the Paris Convention, Member S