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MONDAY, 9 DECEMBER 2013
Examination of screen icons, animated sequences: new Israeli guidelines
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Tags: Israel, design examination guidelines,
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Examination of screen icons, animated sequences: new Israeli guidelines
Class 99 has received some interesting news from Israel concerning the updated version of that country's Examination Guidelines for Design Applications. The updated guidelines refer to the visual description required for filing a design application as well as to the definition of a "Design" in accordance with section 2 of the Israeli Patents and Designs Ordinance, 1924. These updated guidelines were issued following the June 2013 revision of the classification in the third addendum to the Israeli Design regulations that brought the classification in Israel more or less in line (with minor differences) with the Locarno Classification and included, in particular, the addition of sub-class 14(04) for "Screen displays and icons".
One of the main changes in the updated guidelines refers to the possibility of independently registering designs for screen displays and icons, by showing them with a surrounding dashed line, without having to show them implemented on an object. The design is classified in class 14(04) for "Screen displays and icons".
Another change refers to the possibility of registering designs for computer-generated icons which include images that change in appearance during viewing (i.e. animated sequences). This is an exception to the general rule of not permitting several different designs in a single application. A descriptive statement of novelty must, however, be included, indicating that “novelty of the design resides in the appearance of the sequence at its entirety, as shown in the representations".
Source: Sa'ar Alon, writing in the Reinhold Cohn & Partners newsletter, 2 December, here
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