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According to the legislation of Republic of Belarus the legal protection is granted to an industrial design if it is an artistic or both artistic and technical solution determining his outward appearance and being new and original. In addition, an article is deemed a product of commercial or handicraft industry. An industrial design is considered to be new if the aggregate of its substantial features has not become universally accessible in the world before its priority date. An industrial design is recognized as original if its substantial features give rise to the creative nature of the product properties. Substantial features refer to the properties determining aesthetic and (or) ergonomic features of the outward appearance of an article, its form and configuration, ornament and combination of colours.

While examining in the patent body of the Republic of Belarus, the checking of a claimed industrial design for patentability is not carried out.

The term of validity of an industrial design patent is 10 years from the date of filing of the application. This term may be extended on the patent holder’s request, but no more than for 5 years.

The scope of the legal protection granted by the patent for an industrial design is defined by an aggregate of substantial features of an industrial design, represented in the graphical images of a product (a breadboard model, drawing).

On the basis of your creations and in view of your wishes the patent attorneys of Lexpatent firm will carry out a necessary procedure to obtain a patent of the Republic of Belarus for an industrial design. The list of our services includes:

• development of a strategy of obtaining, realizing and protecting the rights to the given creation work,
• carrying out of a patent search,
• drafting of industrial design description,
• preparation of the required complete set of documents and filing with the National Center of Intellectual property an application for the grant of a patent,
• prosecuting an application in all stages of patent examination till the moment of obtaining a patent,
• consulting support starting from preparation of and filing an application and during all validity of the patent, including consulting on obtaining the rights to a given technical decision in other countries of the world with the choice of an optimal procedure of patenting (foreign patenting),
• watching all terms provided by the legislation,
• control of payment of annual fees for maintaining a patent.

The specialists of Lexpatent will assist you to make qualitative graphical images of industrial designs by choosing the best views thereof.

If necessary, our attorneys will draw up a design licensing contract (license contract).

The patent attorneys of our company will render services in representing clients’ interests before the Board of Appeal of the National Center of Intellectual Property, i.e. they can draft an appeal against the expert’s decision to refuse a patent, an objection against granting a patent for an industrial design.

The patent attorneys as well as lawyers of «Lexpatent» will assist you in the events related to an infringement of patentee’s rights.