12月15日、日本国特許庁(JPO)が議長となり、G7参加国の知財庁(G7知財庁)の長官級等が一堂に会する、G7知財庁長官級会談(G7 Heads of IP Office Conversation)をメタバース空間上で主催しました。本会談では、メタバース等の新たなデジタル空間における模倣行為に対する知財権保護の重要性等に関して議論がなされるとともに、各国の認識が共有され、G7知財庁による共同声明が採択されました。
新しく法律が整備された工芸品の地理的表示(GI for CI products)には次の定義があります。
‘craft products’ are those produced either entirely by hand, or with the aid of manual or digital tools, or by mechanical means, whenever the manual contribution is an important component of the finished product.(「工芸品」とは、手作業が最終製品の重要な要素である場合には、完全に手作業で、または手動ツールやデジタルツールを使用して、または機械的手段によって製造される製品を指します。)
‘industrial products’ are those produced in a standardised way, including serial production and the use of machines.(「工業製品」とは、連続生産や機械の使用など、標準化された方法で生産される製品です。)
Take a deep dive into the fascinating world of creativity, innovation and intellectual property – listen, learn and get inspired by artists, musicians, entrepreneurs, researchers, experts, and others.
Take a deep dive into the fascinating world of creativity, innovation and intellectual property – listen, learn and get inspired by artists, musicians, entrepreneurs, researchers, experts, and others.
Videos in the playlist “Conference on Trade Marks and Industrial Designs in the Digital World” include the follwoing topics:
AI-powered tools for examining trade marks used at the EUIPO
Viet Nam’s experience in their accession to the Hague Agreement and recent amendments in design regulations.
issues in the protection and enforcement of trade marks in the online environment and how INTA is addressing bad faith trade mark filings.
the benefits that new technologies, including blockchain and artificial intelligence, are bringing to the intellectual property community.
the examination of industrial designs at EUIPO, introducing current tools and those under development, including AI.
the statistics and process of industrial design filings in Thailand, the country’s preparations for accession to the Hague Agreement and how intellectual property is being promoted to boost the creative industry.
recent developments in the protection of industrial designs in relation to the digital world.