Utility Model

Utility Model in E.U. Patent System

In some countries, a type of patent which is available involving a simpler inventive step than that in a traditional patent. Such patents generally have a shorter life.

Designs and Utility Models Coventions

• International Convention (Paris Convention of March 20, 1883) (Hague Text)
• International Convention (London Text)
• International Convention (Lisbon Text)
• International Convention (Stockholm Text)
• International Convention (Stockholm Text)
• International Convention (Members)
• Hague Agreement on Design Deposits (Prefatory Explanation)
• Summary of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration
  of Industrial Designs (1925)
• Hague Agreement on Design Deposits (London)
• Hague Agreement on Design Deposits (Hague)
• Hague Agreement on Design Deposits (Monaco)
• Hague Agreement on Design Deposits (Stockholm)
• Hague Agreement on Design Deposits (Geneva)
• Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague Agreement
• Hague Agreement (Members)
• Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classication for Industrial Designs
• Locarno Union for the International Classication of Industrial Designs (1968), Amended in 1979
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (Text)
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (Rules)
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (Fees)
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (Members)
• Classication: Strasbourg Agreement (Text)
• International Patent Classication Union (Members)
• Pan-American Conventions
• Hague Convention (Legalization)
• African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (Text)
• African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (Members)
• European Patent Convention
• European Patent Convention (Rules)
• European Patent Convention (Members)
• Eurasian Patent Convention (Text)
• Eurasian Patent Convention (Members)

Topics

This area covers:

• Who may apply
• Novelty
• Registrable
• Not registrable
• Effect of registration
• Procedure
• Documentation required
• Opposition
• Duration
• Renewal
• Fees
• Compulsory license
• Marking
• Assignment; license
• Cancellation

INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS AND INDUSTRIAL MODELS