Set of photos or drawings is one the
most important documents of the dossier for registration industrial design.
According to the laws on intellectual property of Vietnam, what sets of photos or drawings of
industrial designs arerequired to satisfy which conditions?
In details, the
following conditions are required for the sets of photos or drawings of
industrial design:
-Photos or drawings must
be clear and well defined; drawings must be presented with unbroken lines; the
background of a photo or drawing must be monochrome and contrast with the industrial
design; a photo or drawing must show only the product imbued with the
industrial design sought to be protected (not accompanied with another
product);
-Photos or drawings must
show the industrial design on the same scale. The size of the industrial design
shown in photos or drawings must neither be smaller than 90 mm x 120 mm nor
larger than 190 mm x 277 mm;
-Photos and drawings
must show the industrial design viewed in the same direction and in the
following order: three-dimensional picture of the industrial design, front,
rear, right-side-left-side, top-down and down-top shadows of the industrial
design; shown shadows must be frontispieces.
-For an industrial
design with symmetrical shadows, its photos or drawings are not required to
show more symmetrical shadows, provided that such is clearly stated in the list
of photos and drawings in the description;
-For the industrial
design of an expandable product (for instance: box, package), shadows of the
industrial design may be replaced with photos or drawings of the industrial
design in an expandable state.
-Depending on the
complexity of an industrial design, more photos or three-dimensional drawings
from other angles, cross-sections or magnified pictures of parts, pictures of
knocked down components of the product, etc., may be required to clearly show
new and distinctive design features of the industrial design sought to be
protected.
-For a product that have
different usages (for example: a product with cover or foldable), there must be
photos or drawings of its industrial design in different states.
-For the industrial
design of a part of a complete product, there must be more photos or drawings
illustrating the position for fitting or use of such part on the complete set
of product.
-For each variation of
the industrial design, there must be a set of photos or drawings fully
presenting it according to the above conditions.
-For a set of products,
there must be three- dimensional pictures of the whole set and a set of photos
or drawings of each product in the set according to the above conditions.
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