|
COUNTRY
|
NOVELTY REQUIREMENT
|
SUBJECT
FOR PROTECTION
|
COMMENTS
|
|
ANDEAN
PACT
|
same
as for patents
|
device,
tool, implement, mechanism, or other object or part thereof etc.
|
|
|
ARGENTINA
|
6
month grace period for inventor’s disclosure outside Argentina
|
tools,
working instruments, devices, objects used for practical work
|
|
|
AUSTRALIA
|
same
as for patents
|
same
as for patents
|
lower
standard of inventiveness than foe patents
|
|
AUSTRIA
|
6-month
grace period
|
products,
devices, machines, processes, and programming logic
|
lower
standard of inventiveness than for patents
|
|
BELGIUM
|
same
as for patents
|
same
as for patents
|
same
as for patents
|
|
BRAZIL
|
same
as for patents
|
tool,,
working instruments, utensils, etc.
|
|
|
BULGARIA
|
same
as for patents
|
shape,
etc. of products, tools, apparatus, etc.
|
Inventive
step is not required
|
|
CHILE
|
same
as for patents
|
instruments,
apparatus, tools, devices, parts
|
apparently
a lower standard of inventiveness than for patents
|
|
CHINA
|
same
as for patents
|
shape
or structure of product
|
lower
standard of inventiveness than for patents
|
|
CZECH
REPUBLIC
|
6-month
grace period for own publications
|
all
tangible items including chemicals
|
|
|
DENMARK
|
same
as for patents
|
all
tangible items including chemicals
|
lower
standard of inventiveness than for patents, cumulative protection possible
|
|
FINLAND
|
same
as for patents
|
shape
or design of a device
|
lower
standard of inventiveness than for patents
|
|
FRANCE
|
same
as for patents
|
same
as for patents
|
no
coexistence with full patents
|
|
GERMANY
|
use
outside Germany not a bar;
6-month
grace
|
all
inventions except processes and methods
|
lower
standard of inventiveness than for patents; can be cumulative with patents
|
|
GREECE
|
same
as for patents
|
3D
object with definite shape or form
|
lack
of Design Law leads to use of Utility Model Law as substitute
|
|
GUATEMALA
|
same
as for patents
|
device,
tool, implement, mechanism, etc.
|
|
|
HUNGARY
|
use
outside Hungary not a bar
|
form,
structure, etc. of an object
|
|
|
INDONESIA
|
same
as for patents
|
same
as for patents
|
novelty
exam required before suit
|
|
IRELAND
|
same
as for patents
|
same
as for patents
|
novelty
exam required before suit; lower standard of inventiveness than for patents
|
|
ITALY
|
same
as for patents
|
machines,
machine parts, tools, etc.
|
|
|
JAPAN
|
same
as for patents
|
shape,
construction, etc. of an article
|
lower
standard of inventiveness than for patents
|
|
KOREA
|
same
as for patents
|
shape,
construction, etc. of an article
|
inventive
step required
|
|
MALAYSIA
|
|
similar
to patents
|
|
|
MEXICO
|
same
as for patents
|
objects,
utensils, apparatus or tools
|
no
requirement for inventive step
|
|
NETHERLANDS
|
same
as for patents
|
same
as for patents
|
novelty
exam required before suit can be brought
|
|
PHILIPPINES
|
local
novelty only required
|
non-inventive
new form, etc. of tools or products
|
|
|
POLAND
|
same
as for patents
|
shape,
construction, etc. of an object
|
|
|
PORTUGAL
|
same
as for patents
|
tools,
utensils, containers, etc.
|
lower
standard of inventiveness than for patents
|
|
RUSSIA
|
use
outside Russia not a bar
|
construction
of production means/articles
|
no
requirement for inventive step
|
|
SLOVAKIA
|
6-month
grace period for own pubs
|
all
tangible Items including chemicals
|
|
|
SPAIN
|
unlike
patents; local novelty only
|
utensils,
instruments, tools, apparatus, etc.
|
Inventive
step required
|
|
TAIWAN
|
same
as for patents
|
shape,
structure or construction of article
|
lower
standard of inventiveness than for patents
|
|
TURKEY
|
twelve
month grace period
|
anything
patentable except for processes and chemical products
|
no
need for inventive step
|
|
UKRAINE
|
same
as patents
|
devices
|
|
|
URUGUAY
|
similar
to patents
|
tools,
working instruments, utensils, etc.
|
|
|
VIETNAM
|
same
as patents
|
anything
patentable
|
no
need for inventive step
|
