“Using the Hague process strategically can open new filing options for design filers, not just for international design registration but also for their U.S. design patents. But despite its inherent ...

The U.S. accession to the Hague Agreement creates a new standardized application that should simplify international filing for industrial design patents for many inventors. The Hague Agreement is ...

The number of design applications filed through the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs continues to grow, with an 18.8% increase in annual filings reported in 2022.

A streamlined system for protecting industrial designs globally has been bolstered by the addition of two major markets – the US and Japan, according to intellectual property firm Withers & Rogers.

The Hague System, the international registration system for industrial designs, grows as Russia becomes its newest member on February 28, 2018. Russia joins a long list of members, which already ...

Mexico has deposited its instrument of accession to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement, bringing the number of members to the Hague design registration system up to 74. This is likely to have a ...

AIPPI Congress attendees were updated on the changes underway for designs and the Hague System during an IP Lunch Panel yesterday Christian Archambeau, vice-president at the Office for Harmonization ...

U.S. applicants will soon be able to use a streamlined international filing procedure for design patents similar to the Madrid Protocol for trademark registrations. Currently, U.S. applicants seeking ...

The United States and Japan have joined the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs, the WIPO-administered registry The nations acceded to the Hague System by depositing ...