Industrial Property Law
Auteur : Louis Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
Introduction
Part 1: Administrative and professional organization
Part 2: Trademarks, service marks and other distinctive signs
Part 3: Patents
Title 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Protectable creation
Section 2: Priority
Section 3: Disclosure
Section 4: Proof
Chapter 3: Individual character
Chapter 4: Complex product
Chapter 5: Exclusions
Title 3: Acquisition of property rights
Title 4: Rights conferred under design protection
Title 5: Protection of design
429. Concept of novelty
1 minute de lecture
Only designs that are novel and distinctive can be protected (Art. L. 511-2 IP Code). Novelty presupposes that at the date of filing of the application for registration, or at the date of priority claimed, no identical design has been revealed . Designs are considered identical when their characteristics differ only in insignificant detail (Art. L. 511-3 IP Code) . Novelty, or the lack of it, is a …
