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India has the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design Act, 2000 for the similar protection. Japan relies on "The Act Concerning the Circuit Layout of a Semiconductor Integrated Circuit". Brazil has enacted Law No. 11484, of 2007, to regulate the protection and registration of integrated circuit topography.
According to industrial property Act 2001, an industrial design is defined as "any composition of lines or colours or any three-dimensional form whether or not associated with lines or colours, provided that such composition or form gives a special appearance to a product of industry or handicraft and can serve as pattern for a product of industry or handicraft" .
The 1934 London Act formally applied between a London act state that did not sign up to the Hague and/or Geneva Act in relation with other London act states until October 2016. Since 1 January 2010, however, the application of this act had already been frozen. Countries can become a party to the 1960 (Hague) Act, the 1999 (Geneva) Act, or both.
In Australia, a person infringes a registered design if a party manufactures and sells, uses or imports the same or similar design to the registered design without permission of the registered owner. [4] This is held under s71 of the Design Act 2003 (Cth). The following is an extract of s71 of the Designs Act 2003 (Cth), under Infringement of ...
The Industrial Designs Act, 2003 (ACT 660) is a Ghanaian act to revise the enactments on the protection of industrial designs and to provide for related matters. The Act is one of the Seven Acts that exist to protect Intellectual Property Rights in Ghana [1] namely; Protection against Unfair Competition Act, 2000 (Act 589); Industrial Designs Act, 2003 (Act 660); Geographical Indications Act ...
Further, the design is only a design, for the purposes of the Designs Act, when it is used in relation to the registered product. [3] This illustrates that the registration of the design does not protect the business against the same design being used on other products; the pattern itself cannot be registered. [ 4 ]
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In the United States, a design patent is a form of legal protection granted to the ornamental design of an article of manufacture. Design patents are a type of industrial design right . Ornamental designs of jewelry, furniture, beverage containers (Fig. 1) and computer icons are examples of objects that are covered by design patents.