外观设计申请实践及中欧外观设计比较(郭小军 讲稿 PPT)

外观设计申请实践及中欧外观设计比较(DesignFilingPracticeundertheNewChinesePatentLaw,ComparisonbetweenChinese&CommunityDesigns),中国国际贸易促进委员会专利商标事务所CCPITPatent&TrademarkLawOffice郭小军2020年6月10日,2,附图准备(PreparationofRepresentations),多少视图合适?(Howmuchviewsaresuitable?)视图清楚(Prepareclearviews)视图清楚地显示请求保护的外观设计(Prepareviewsclearlyandsufficientlyshowingtheclaimeddesign)视图对应(Viewsshallbeconsistentwitheachother)考虑在国外申请外观设计的要求(Meetthebasicrequirementsunderforeignlaws),3,简要说明(BriefExplanation),获得申请日必须的文件(Indispensableforgettingthefilingdate)不允许详细描述请求保护的设计(Notallowedtodescribethedesignindetail)不允许用文字来描述色彩(Notallowedtodescribethecolorsinwords)可以用来解释请求保护的外观设计(Maybeusedtointerpretthedesign),简要说明(ContentsofaBriefExplanation),必要内容(Indispensablecontents):名称(Titleoftheproductincorporatingthedesign)用途(Useoftheproductincorporatingthedesign)设计要点(Designingkeypointofthedesign)指定最能表示设计要点的视图(Designatingaviewshowingthekeypointofdesign)其他内容(Optionalcontents):请求保护色彩(Claimofcolors)省略视图(Omissionofviews)省略长度(Omissionoflength)指定基本设计(Maindesigninmultiplesimilardesigns)说明产品的透明部分(Indicationoftransparentportions),简要说明的名称(TitleofaBriefExplanation),应该与产品名一致(Shouldbeconsistentwiththeproduct)应当涉及完整产品(Shouldberelatedtoacompleteproduct)保护备件的外观设计(Designofsparepartbeingprotectable)可以用来解释请求保护的外观设计(Couldbeusedtointerprettheprotectionscope)例如“汽车”和“玩具汽车”(e.g.,designofa“car”v.sdesignofa“toycar”),用途(UseintheBriefExplanation),产品的用途确定产品的种类(Theuseofproductdeterminesthecategoryofproduct)人民法院应当根据外观设计产品的用途，认定产品种类是否相同或者相近。确定产品的用途，可以参考外观设计的简要说明、国际外观设计分类表、产品的功能以及产品销售、实际使用的情况等因素（高院解释第9条）外观设计专利只覆盖相同和相近种类的产品(Adesignpatentcoversonlyproductsinsameorsimilarcategory)在与外观设计专利产品相同或者相近种类产品上，采用与授权外观设计相同或者近似的外观设计的，人民法院应当认定被诉侵权设计落入专利法第五十九条第二款规定的外观设计专利权的保护范围（高院解释第8条）产品的种类会影响外观设计专利的有效性(Thecategoryofproductwilleffectverymuchthevalidityofadesign)用途只能指向某一产品(Theuseshouldnotalternativelyrefertodifferentproducts),设计要点(DesigningKeyPoint),不允许具体描述(Itisnotallowedtodescribethedesigningkeypointindetail)可以是形状、图案、色彩(Itcouldbeanyoftheshape,patternandcolor)可以是产品一部分的设计(Itcouldbethedesignofaportionoftheproduct)未必会在无效程序中被考虑(Itmaynotbeconsideredmuchininvalidationproceeding)在侵权程序中可能对外观设计的整体视觉效果具有更多的影响(Itmayhavemoreinfluenceontheoverallvisualeffectinestablishinginfringement)下列情形，通常对外观设计的整体视觉效果更具有影响：（一）产品正常使用时容易被直接观察到的部位相对于其他部位（二）授权外观设计区别于现有设计的设计特征相对于授权外观设计的其他特征（高院解释第11条）,本发明涉及一种SD读卡器(ThepresentdesignrelatestoaSDcardreader)该读卡器可以用来处理或读取存储在SD卡中的数据(whichcanbeusedtoprocess/readdatastoredinaSDcard)本外观设计的设计要点在于其整体形状(Thepresentdesignisnovelinitsoverallshape)立体图1是用于公开的视图(Theperspectiveview1isdesignatedforpublication)省略后视图(Therearviewisomitted),简要说明实例(Example),9,合案申请(UnityofaDesignApplication),可以在一件申请中合案申请的多项设计(Multipledesignswhichcanbeinasingleapplication)成套产品的外观设计(Designsofproductsinset)对外观设计的数量没有限制(Nolimitstothenumberofdesigns)相同产品的相似外观设计(Similardesignsofthesameproduct)不允许相似设计和成套产品设计的混合申请(Mixedsimilardesignsanddesignsofproductsinsetnotallowed),10,合案申请(DesignsofProductsinSet),11,相同产品的相似设计(Similardesignsofthesameproduct):一件申请中最多不超过10项设计(Nomorethan10embodiments)所有其他设计必须与指定的基本设计相似(Allotherdesignssimilartothedesignatedmaindesign)所有设计只能同时放弃(Alldesignsbeabandonedatthesametime)可以基于单个设计行使权力和被单独无效(Enforcingandbeinginvalidatedseparately)尽可能将相似外观设计合案申请(Incorporatingsimilardesignsasfaraspossibleinoneapplication),合案申请的相似设计(SimilarDesigns),Design1,合案申请(UnityofSimilarDesigns),Design2,合案申请(UnityofSimilarDesigns),14,合案申请(UnityofSimilarDesigns-NotAllowed),15,在申请日之前没有同样的外观设计为公众所知(Noidenticaldesignisknowntopublicinthecountryandabroadbeforethefilingdate)没有同样的外观设计在本申请的申请日之前提交申请并且在申请日之后公开(Noidenticaldesignapplicationfiledbeforethefilingdateandpublishedlater)只能一对一比较(Onetoonecomparison)同样的外观设计指(Identicalmeans):完全相同的外观设计(Completelyidentical)实质相同的外观设计(Substantiallyidentical)属于相同或相近种类，只具有细微区别(Belongingtosameorsimilarcategoryandonlyhavingminutedifferences),外观设计的“新颖性”(AbsoluteNovelty),16,不同尺寸(Differentsizes),不同材料(Differentmaterials),完全相同的外观设计(CompletelyIdenticalDesigns),相同类别产品，不考虑材料、尺寸、内部结构和功能（Withoutconsideringmaterial,size,internalconfigurationandfunctionofproduct）,17,a)Thedifferencethatmaynotbenoticedwithoutspecialattention,实质相同的外观设计(SubstantiallyIdenticalDesigns),18,b)thedifferencelyingintheportionsthatmaynotbevisibleorcannotbeseeneasilyinuse,实质相同的外观设计(SubstantiallyIdenticalDesigns),19,d)thedifferencelyinginthenumberofthesamedesigningelements:DyingMachines,实质相同的外观设计(SubstantiallyIdenticalDesigns),20,e)symmetricdesigns:Ornaments,实质相同的外观设计(SubstantiallyIdenticalDesigns),21,外观设计的“创造性”(“Inventivestep”Requirements),涉案专利与相同或者相近种类产品现有设计相比具有明显区别(Significantlydifferentfrompriordesignofsameorsimilarcategory)不是由现有设计转用得到的(Nottransformedfromthepriordesign)二者的设计特征相同或者仅有细微差别(Foridenticaldesignsordesignswithveryslightdifference)转用手法在相同或者相近种类产品的现有设计中存在启示(Teachingoftransformation)不是现有设计或者现有设计特征的组合(Notacombinationofpriordesignsorpriordesignfeatures)现有设计与涉案专利的相应设计部分相同或者仅有细微差别(Thepriordesignandthecorrespondingpartofthepatentbeingidenticalorwithveryslightdifference)组合手法在相同或者相近种类产品的现有设计中存在启示(Teachingofcombination),转用(Transformation),CartoToyCar,23,CDCase,Priordesign:dice,转用(Transformation),Teaching,24,1,现有设计的组合(CombinationofPriorDesigns),Noevidenceofteachingneeded,Compareddesign,Design1,Design2,现有设计的组合(CombinationofPriorDesigns),26,不予外观设计保护的主题（Un-patentableSubjectMatter）,主要起标识作用的平面印刷品的外观设计（Designoftwo-dimensionalprintinggoods,whichservicemainlyasindicators）用于标识产品或服务的来源(Foridentifyingtheoriginofproductsorservice)排除三维产品(Excludingthree-dimensionaldesign)排除织物等(Excludingfabrics(suchascurtain)排除具有装饰作用的外观设计(Excludingdesignsforornamentationordecoration)只有在通电状态下才显示的图案，如GUI（ThePatternvisibleonlywhenthedeviceispoweredon,suchasGUI）,包装袋,不予外观设计保护的主题（Un-patentableSubjectMatter）,可予外观设计保护的主题(PatentbleSubjectMatter),共同体外观设计(GeneralViewofCommunityDesign),非注册共同体外观设计(UCD)不需要提交申请(donothavetofileanapplicationtoprotectanunregistereddesign)保护期三年，从欧盟内第一次公开日起算(foraperiodofthreeyearsfromthedateonwhichthedesignwasfirstmadeavailabletothepublicwithintheterritoryoftheEU)防止他人拷贝的权利(confersonitsholderonlyarighttopreventcopying)注册共同体外观设计(RCD)5年保护期，最长可以续展至20年(Initiallyhasalifeof5yearsfromthedateoffilingandcanberenewedinperiodsof5yearsuptoamaximumof25years)12个月的宽限期(Applicantsmaymarketadesignforupto12monthsbeforefilingforanRCDwithoutdestroyingitsnovelty),共同体外观设计的特点(FeaturesofCommunityDesign),单个法律体系(Asinglelegalsystem)一件申请(asingleapplication)一种语言(asinglelanguageoffiling)一次费用(asinglepayment)在欧盟成员国提供统一的保护(UniformprotectionthroughouttheEU(27memberstates)防止他人拷贝和独立开发近似外观设计的权利(Exclusiverightsagainstbothdeliberatecopyingandtheindependentdevelopmentofasimilardesign)制造、许诺销售、营销、进口、出口、使用的排他性权利和为上述目的的仓储(Rightscoveringmaking,offering,marketing,importing,exportingoruseofaproductinwhichthedesignisincorporatedortowhichitisapplied,orholdingstockofsuchaproductforthosepurposes),申请（1）(ApplicationforRCD),产品名称和分类(IndicationofproductandClassification)表明产品性质和用途(wordedinsuchawaythatitsnatureandpurposeisclearlyindicated)最好用分类表中的产品名称(preferablyusingthetermsappearinginthelistofproductsaccordingLocarnoclassification)指明洛加诺分类或者由审查员分类(IndicateaclassificationofproductsaccordingtotheLocarnoClassification,otherwiseexaminerclassifythedesign)产品名称和分类不影响权利的保护(TheindicationofproductandtheclassificationdonotaffectthescopeofprotectionofaCommunitydesign)原则上每项设计最多7个视图(ThemaximumnumberofviewstakenintoaccountwithinanRCDapplicationisseven),多项设计(Multipleapplication)除装饰图案外，原则上没有数量限制(Theapplicantcanfileasmanydesignsashewishes,exceptforornamentation)产品属于同一类别(Theproductsshouldbelongtothesameclass)在电子申请时，最多99项设计(Foranapplicationmadeonline,theupperlimitisof99designsperapplication)要求优先权(Claimingpriority)基于在先外观或实用新型(Onthebasisofaprevious(first)application(s)ofadesignorutilitymodel)6个月内(Withinsixmonthsfromthedateoffilingofthefirstapplication),申请（2）(ApplicationforRC