Designs

Designs

With our expertise in Japanese and international design law, you can be confident your designs are properly protected. Japanese Design law is changing for the better - explore the opportunities with us.

Protecting the designs of original products is essential to profit and commercialization in the current design-conscious consumer market.

Designs relate to the appearance in whole or in part of a product or article. This can include the lines, contours, colours, shape, texture or materials, etc., but not elements related to function. Protecting the designs of original products is essential to profit and commercialization in the current design-conscious consumer market.

We offer you:

  • Our expertise in Japanese and international design law.
  • The assurance your designs are properly protected.

We can help you with:

IP Portfolio Planning

New Opportunities in Designs

IP Portfolio Planning

Designs can often be simpler and cheaper IP rights to obtain than patents or trademarks and can be an effective complement to your other IP rights offering more all-around protection and commercial potential. We’ve worked with many clients - large and small - on these strategies and look forward to discussing such options with you.

New Opportunities in Designs

Recent years have seen significant changes to design practice and law in Japan – all for the purpose of increased global cooperation and harmonization, and to strengthen innovation and branding. There is much exciting potential in this field of IP – and we are ready to help.

There is much exciting potential in this field of IP in Japan – and we are ready to help. We’ve worked with many clients on these strategies and look forward to discussing such options with you.

Our design related services include »

  • Prosecuting and obtaining design rights including prior art searches
  • Preparing and filing appeals 
  • Drafting expert opinions 
  • Articulating Japanese design practice in English
  • Negotiations
  • Licensing
  • Infringement prosecutions
  • Litigation
  • Searches and opinions 
  • Drafting and negotiating commercial agreements 
  • Advice on conformity with Japanese practice and law

Key KIPB Contacts for Design Law »

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