Industrial Design

Industrial design is the external appearance of a product expressed by shapes, lines, colors, or a combination of these elements.

Conditions for registering industrial designs under the law:

• Newness: An industrial design is considered new if that industrial design is significantly different from industrial designs that have been publicly disclosed in the form of use, written description, or any other form at home or abroad before the filing date or before the priority date if the industrial design registration application enjoys priority rights;
• Creative: An industrial design is considered creative if it is based on industrial designs that have been publicly disclosed in the form of use, written description, or any other form in the country or abroad before the filing date or before the priority date of the industrial design registration application in case the application enjoys priority rights, the industrial design cannot be created easily for the people with average knowledge about the respective field;
• Capable of industrial application: An industrial design is considered capable of industrial application if it can be used as a model to manufacture a series of products with the external appearance of that industrial design using the industrial or handicraft method.

Benefits of registering for industrial design protection:

• Applying for registration and being granted a patent for an industrial design gives rise to the owner's rights to the industrial design;
• The right owner has legal measures to prevent or prevent others from commercially exploiting or copying his or her industrial design;
• Be protected by law when there is an infringement of rights to registered industrial designs;
• Exclusive right to use the design for 15 years (the term of an industrial design patent is 05 years, can be renewed 2 consecutive times, each extension is 05 years.

Gia Luat's scope of work:

• Consulting Valued Customers on legal issues related to industrial designs;
• Guiding Valued Customers to prepare necessary documents and records; Check the legality and validity of documents provided by Valued Customers;
• Preparing documents in accordance with the law;
• Representing Valued Customers to submit documents and work with competent authorities;
• Following up documents and explain as requested by competent authorities (if any);
• Representing Valued Customers to receive results.

We commit to:

• Take responsibility for fully and legally performing the work under the service contract signed with Valued Customers;
• Confidentiality of information and documents provided by Valued Customers.

We believe our professionalism and carefulness will bring satisfaction and peace of mind when choosing Gia Luat.

Thank you very much for your interest in Gia Luat's services.