Dear Reader, Welcome to the sixth edition of ICLG Designs, published by Global Legal Group. This publication provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with comprehensive jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guidance to designs laws and regulations around the world, and is also available at www.iclg.com. This year, there is one expert analysis chapter titled The EU Design Law Reform: Modernisation for the Digital Age. The question and answer chapters, which in this edition cover 20 jurisdictions, provide detailed answers to common questions raised by professionals dealing with designs laws and regulations. As always, this publication has been written by leading designs lawyers and industry specialists, for whose invaluable contributions the editors and publishers are extremely grateful. Global Legal Group would also like to extend special thanks to contributing editor Ewan Grist of Bird & Bird LLP for his leadership, support and expertise in bringing this project to fruition.
Ben Lawless Publisher Global Legal Group
1, The EU Design Law Reform: Modernisation for the Digital Age, Dr. Jan
Bärenfänger & Catharina Krahn, Bird & Bird LLP
7, Canada, Jean-Charles Grégoire, Amrita V. Singh, Kevin Shipley & Paul
Horbal, Marks & Clerk
15, Chile, Trinidad Rojas & Felipe Claro, Claro & Cia.
22, China, Spring Chang, Nancy Qu, Rose Xu & Bing Xiao, Chang Tsi & Partners
33, Czech Republic, Dominik Bajger, ermák a spol.
40, Finland, Ben Rapinoja, Lasse Laaksonen, Iina Issakainen & Meri Tirkonnen,
Borenius Attorneys Ltd
48, France, Catherine Mateu, Armengaud Guerlain
56, Germany, Alexandra Dellmeier, Freia Andrea Schreiber & Elisabeth
Sandmair, LexDellmeier Intellectual Property Law Firm
64, Ghana, Abena Ntrakwah-Mensah & Benedicta Akesse Annan, Ntrakwah & Co.
71, India, Meera Chature Sankhari, Sujit Thakur & Suresh Kumar Singh, Jupiter
Law Partners
79, Israel, Ena Pugatsch, Rakefet Peled & Helena Kushmaro, Reinhold Cohn
Group
87, Japan, Yoshikazu Iwase, Yuta Komatsu, Eriko Kinoshita & Yuka Maeda,
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
95, Malta, Steve Decesare & Alexia Valenzia, Camilleri Preziosi
102, Philippines, Rogelio Nicandro & Juan Carlos Novero, ROMULO
112, Poland, Magorzata Zieliska-Lazarowicz & Jarosaw Markieta, IP&Law
120, Serbia, Mara Jankovic & Maja Popovic, MIKIJELJ JANKOVIC & BOGDANOVIC
127, South Africa, Elaine Bergenthuin, Bergenthuin Inc.
137, Spain, Pedro Saturio Carrasco & Carlos Morán Medina, ELZABURU SLP
146, Taiwan, Clarice Chen, Simon Hsiao & Yih-Feng Chen, Sigma IPR
155, United Kingdom, Ewan Grist & Louise Sargeant, Bird & Bird LLP
163, USA, Christopher V. Carani, Philipp Ruben & Sean Sparrow, McAndrews,
Held & Malloy
