Workshop 4: Trademarks (Nice and Viena) and Industrial Designs (Locarno) International Classifications

Workshop 4: Trademarks (Nice and Viena) and Industrial Designs (Locarno) International Classifications

The classification systems facilitate the grouping of certain information according to pre-established parameters. This information allows the generation of systematic databases that in turn enable more efficient and orderly consultation. In Intellectual Property, particularly for those categories in which it applies an attributive system of rights, international classification systems constitute relevant tools for registration purposes and, in the context of enormous amounts of information, for the performance of searches that provide Information about the existence of antecedents (or their non-existence by not reflecting the information). Often, users of the intellectual property system (and even registrars) are not adequately aware of international classification systems, which may affect the scope of the legal guardianship sought or result in incorrect searches or incomplete. The workshop aims to review classification systems applied to distinctive signs and industrial design and to provide participants with a better understanding of how these systems are applied, which should add to the attendees’ strategies and management of searches and coverages.

 

Place:  Revolution Room