Main IPRs Country Q&A tool

Resource type: Articles: know-how

Status: Law stated as at 01-Mar-2011

Jurisdictions: Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, International, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Korea, Switzerland, USA, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam

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1. What are the legal requirements to obtain a patent?

2. What categories are excluded from patent protection?

3. Which authority registers patents? Does its website provide guidance on the application procedure? If not, please give brief details of this.

4. On what grounds and when can third parties oppose a patent application?

5. When does patent protection start and how long does it last?

6. On what grounds can a patent infringement action be made?

7. Which courts deal with patent infringement actions?

8. What are the defences to patent infringement actions?

9. What are the remedies for patent infringement actions?

10. What are the legal requirements to obtain a trade mark?

11. Is it necessary or advisable to register trade marks? If not, please briefly outline the protection given and available for unregistered trade marks.

12. Which authority registers trade marks? Does its website provide guidance on the application procedure? If not, please give brief details of this.

13. On what grounds can the regulatory authority refuse to register a trade mark?

14. On what grounds and when can third parties oppose a trade mark application?

15. When does trade mark protection start and how long does it last?

16. On what grounds can a trade mark infringement action be made?

17. Which courts deal with trade mark infringement actions?

18. What are the defences to trade mark infringement actions?

19. What are the remedies for trade mark infringement actions?

20. What are the legal requirements to obtain copyright protection?

21. Can copyright be registered? If yes, please state which authority registers copyright and the advantages of registering it.

22. When does copyright protection start and how long does it last?

23. On what grounds can a copyright infringement action be made?

24. Which courts deal with copyright infringement actions?

25. What are the defences to copyright infringement actions?

26. What are the remedies for copyright infringement actions?

27. What are the legal conditions to obtain a registered design right?

28. Which authority registers designs? Does its website provide guidance on the application procedure? If not, please give brief details of this.

29. On what grounds and when can third parties oppose a registered design application?

30. When does registered design protection start and how long does it last?

31. On what grounds can a registered design infringement action be made?

32. Which courts deal with registered design infringement actions?

33. What are the defences to registered design infringement actions?

34. What are the remedies for registered design infringement actions?

35. What are the legal conditions for unregistered design rights to arise?

36. When does unregistered design protection start and how long does it last?

37. On what grounds can an unregistered design infringement action be made?

38. What are the defences to unregistered design infringement actions?

39. What are the remedies for unregistered design infringement actions?

40. What are the legal conditions for rights in confidential information to arise?

41. On what grounds can an action for unauthorised use of confidential information be made?

42. Which courts deal with actions for unauthorised use of confidential information?

43. What are the defences to actions for unauthorised use of confidential information?

44. What are the remedies in actions for unauthorised use of confidential information?

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