[fc-uk-discuss] Community Designs

[David M. Berry]

Community Designs: A Registered Community Design will grant a  
monopoly right to prevent unauthorised persons from dealing in  
products, which incorporate the design.

DId anybody notice this new monopoly right going through?

http://www.patent.gov.uk/design/notices/commdes.htm

COMMUNITY DESIGN CONSULATION RESULTS
The UK Patent Office has just publicised the results of its  
consultation on UK Legislation relating to Community Designs.

http://www.patent.gov.uk/about/consultations/communitydesigns/ 
responses.htm

The consulation sought views on a number of proposals put forward to  
ensure that the Community design system will work correctly in the UK  
Apparently only two public response to the consulation were received,  
from CIPA and ITMA.

Who are these mystery organisations that are so concerned about the  
public good?

1. CIPA = The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents. http:// 
www.cipa.org.uk/pages/home

2. ITMA = The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys. http:// 
www.itma.org.uk/intro/index.htm
The Patent Office is taking this to mean that there is broad public  
satisfaction with its proposals and so the Patent Office intends to  
proceed with its proposals.

BROAD PUBLIC SUPPORT?!? When two organisations which have an economic  
*interest* in getting this legislation on the books drops in a few  
positive reports the patent office thinks that it has achieved some  
form of legitimacy?

Shocking.




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