“By harmonizing procedures and introducing critical provisions like the grace period, the [Design Law Treaty] places design law in a stronger, more unified position, offering enhanced protection and ...

A registered community design, often referred to as an "RCD," is the European equivalent to a U.S. design patent. Similar to a U.S. design patent, an RCD only protects the ornamental or outward ...

2024 was a year of both big leaps and incremental advances in design law and practice globally. Years-long efforts came to fruition in the European Union and internationally with the Design Law Treaty ...

Practitioners have welcomed the proposed Third Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law. Qing Ge of Liu Shen considers the possibilities At present, the proposal for the Third Amendment to the Patent Law ...

Danchen Cheng of Liu Shen & Associates discusses the consequences of China’s amended patent law for partial design patent applications On June 1 2021, the revised Patent Law of China came into effect, ...