After years of discussion, China is joining its peers in protecting graphical user interfaces. Zhichao Duan and Yan Wu of Liu Shen describe this and other recent developments in Chinese design patent ...

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 ...

Design patent protection is an under-utilized tool that can provide 15 or more years of protection at a fairly reasonable cost for the new and nonobvious ornamental appearance of different articles, ...

The concept of shared virtual worlds – the metaverse – has received a great deal of hype recently, but some argue much of this has been overblown, and the metaverse’s true impact on the world of ...

On 18 December 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") delivered its judgment in Case C-323/24, Deity Shoes v Mundorama Confort and Stay Design, addressing a fundamental question in ...

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The system is an up-to-date, reliable and effective way to protect design rights on the regional level, explains Arman Sauganbayev Gorodissky & Partners (Kazakhstan office). The Eurasian design ...