Is your Industrial Design truly protected or vulnerable to invalidation? 🛡️
In our latest video, Alejandro Castro (Managing Partner at Union Andina IP) breaks down the novelty requirement for industrial designs.
Many assume that once a registration is granted, their product’s aesthetic features are secure. But if a design lacks true novelty from the start, you might hold a defective right.
Key takeaways:
🌍 Novelty is global: prior art includes worldwide patent registries, online databases, and even social media.
⏳ One-year grace period: non-prejudicial disclosures (e.g., at a trade fair) won’t destroy novelty if filed within one year.
⚠️ Risk of invalidation: Patent Offices generally don’t conduct ex officio novelty exams. A third party can prove lack of novelty and trigger invalidation at any time.
Watch the full video to protect your products’ ornamental essence and avoid IP vulnerabilities.
Contact Union Andina IP for robust protection of your intellectual assets.