National peculiarities

Robert Mirko Stutz and Evelyne Feller

Chapter 38 in The Hague Agreement on International Design Registrations, 2026, pp 411-450 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter highlights the substantive domestic peculiarities that most frequently underlie refusals of Hague international registrations in the leading designating jurisdictions. After explaining why knowledge of national law remains crucial despite WIPO’s purely formal examination, and reviewing the role of the grace period and Article 11 of the Paris Convention, it surveys the distinctive requirements of the ID5 Offices and Canada. For China, the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the EUIPO and Canada it examines required declarations, supporting documents concerning the exception to lack of novelty, divisional applications, principal and related designs, the protection of ornamentation, the US Information Disclosure Statement, the oath or declaration of the creator and fees payable in two parts. The chapter also notes the impact of the revised EU design legislation and of the Korean hybrid examination system, offering practical guidance for overcoming the most common Office actions.

Keywords: National peculiarities; Examining Office; Grace period; ID5; Declarations; Divisional application (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781803923390
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