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Country
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Novelty Requirement
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Subject For Protection
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Comments
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Andean Community
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Same as for Patents
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Device, Tool, Implement, Mechanism, or other object or part thereof, etc.
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Argentina
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6
Month Grace Period for Inventor’s Disclosure Outside Argentina
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Tools,
Working Instruments, Devices, Objects Used for Practical Work
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Australia
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Same as for Patents
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Same as for Patents
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Lower Standard of Inventiveness than for Patents
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Austria
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6-Month
Grace Period
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Products,
Devices, Machines, Processes, and Programming Logic
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Lower Standard of Inventiveness than for Patents
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Belgium
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Same as for Patents
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Same as for Patents
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Same as for Patents
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Brazil
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Same as for Patents
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Tools, Working Instruments, Utensils, etc.
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Bulgaria
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Same as for Patents
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Shape,
etc. of Products, Tools, Apparatus, etc.
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Inventive Step is not Required
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Chile
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Same as for Patents
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Instruments, Apparatus, Tools, Devices, Parts
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Apparently
a Lower Standard of Inventiveness than for Patents
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China
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Same as for Patents
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Shape or Structure of Product
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Lower Standard of Inventiveness than for Patents
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Czech
Republic
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6-Month
Grace Period For Own Publications
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All
Tangible Items Including Chemicals
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Denmark
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Same as for Patents
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All
Tangible Items Including Chemicals
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Lower Standard of Inventiveness than for Patents, Cumulative Protection Possible
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Finland
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Same as for Patents
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Shape or Design of A Device
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Lower Standard of Inventiveness than for Patents
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France
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Same as for Patents
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Same as for Patents
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No
Coexistence with Full Patents
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Germany
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Use Outside Germany not a Bar;
6-Month
Grace
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All
Inventions Except Processes and Methods
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Lower Standard of Inventiveness than for Patents; Can Be Cumulative with Patents
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Greece
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Same as for Patents
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3d
Object with Definite Shape or Form
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Lack of Design Law leads to the use of the Utility Model Law as a Substitute
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Guatemala
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Same as for Patents
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Device, Tool, Implement, Mechanism, etc.
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Hungary
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Use
Outside Hungary not a Bar
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Form,
Structure, etc. of an Object
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Indonesia
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Same as for Patents
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Same as for Patents
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Novelty Exam Required Before Suit
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Ireland
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Same as for Patents
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Same as for Patents
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Novelty Exam Required Before Suit; Lower Standard of Inventiveness than for Patents
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Italy
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Same as for Patents
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Machines, Machine Parts, Tools, etc.
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Japan
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Same as for Patents
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Shape, Construction, etc. of an Article
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Lower Standard of Inventiveness than for Patents
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Korea
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Same as for Patents
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Shape, Construction, etc. of an Article
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Inventive Step Required
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Malaysia
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Similar to Patents
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Mexico
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Same as for Patents
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Objects, Utensils, Apparatus or Tools
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No Requirement for Inventive Step
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Netherlands
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Same as for Patents
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Same as for Patents
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Novelty Exam Required before Suit can be Brought
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Philippines
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Local Novelty Only Required
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Non-Inventive New Form, etc. of Tools or Products
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Poland
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Same as for Patents
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Shape, Construction, etc. of an Object
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Portugal
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Same as for Patents
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Tools, Utensils, Containers, etc.
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Lower Standard of Inventiveness than for Patents
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Russia
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Use
Outside Russia not a Bar
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Construction of Production Means/Articles
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No Requirement For Inventive Step
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Slovakia
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6-Month Grace Period for Own Publications
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All
Tangible Items Including Chemicals
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Spain
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Unlike Patents, Local Novelty Only
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Utensils, Instruments, Tools, Apparatus, etc.
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Inventive Step Required
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Taiwan
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Same as for Patents
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Shape, Structure or Construction of Article
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Lower Standard of Inventiveness than for Patents
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Thailand
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Same as for Patents
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Similar to Patents
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Turkey
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Twelve Month Grace Period
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Anything Patentable Except for Processes and Chemical Products
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No Need for Inventive Step
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Ukraine
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Same as for Patents
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Devices
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Uruguay
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Similar to Patents
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Tools, Working Instruments, Utensils, etc.
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Vietnam
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Same as for Patents
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Anything Patentable
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No Need for Inventive Step
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