Nanyang Technological University

School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering

EE8064 Intellectual Property for Electronics Engineers

Tutorial #7

1. What is the difference between industrial design law (or design patent in the U.S.) and
patent (or utility patent in the U.S.) in terms of their subject matters for protection?

Industrial design law does not protect the utilitarian feature of a useful article.
This is different from patent that protects the utility or technical aspects of an
article.
2. State one similarity between copyright and trademark.
They are similar in terms of their requirement for registration. Even though
registration is optional for both of them, it is beneficial to ensure maximum
protection.

3. State and elaborate on the criteria for the registrability of an industrial design.
Originality: No identical or very close resemblance of the design can exist
before the first filing date of application for protection.
Article of Manufacture: The design must also be applied onto an article by
an industrial process. E.g. Singapore requires that at least 50 replicas of the
4. product
List downbearing
the symbols
of trademark.
the industrial
design must have been or intended to be
manufactured for commercialization.

5. Name three non-conventional subject matters of trademark.

Prepared by,
Kong ZH, Natalie