Design License For Free

What is the difference between a registered design and a patent? A patent protects the way something actually works rather than its appearance. Therefore, the protection afforded by a patent is broader than that provided by a registered design.

An industrial design right protects only the appearance or aesthetic features of a product, whereas a patent protects an invention that offers a new technical solution to a problem. In principle, an industrial design right does not protect the technical or functional features of a product.

Design rights protect the aesthetic appearance of either the whole or part of a product or surface pattern. Copyright exists in the design and their is an overlap often between copyright and design rights. Design rights include decorative patterns, graphic symbols, the shape of products and their packaging.

Trademarks can cover words and two-dimensional designs (such as logos), as well as three-dimensional designs (trade dress), colors, and sounds. A design patent covers the ornamental appearance of a product in itself, not associated with identifying the source of goods.

Registered designs can be located by searching the design registers. You can generally search using the name of the owner or designer or by the type of product that the design is applied to. Unregistered designs cannot, of course, be searched.

A registered design may be concerned with the whole of a product, or just part of a product. For example, the shape of the whole of a mobile phone might be new, or it could be that just the shape of the antenna is new and so commercially it is important to protect the shape of the antenna by itself.

Does your invention do something unique but the design isn't anything new? You should consider filing a utility patent application instead. You need to protect a unique artwork or a logo. Patents cover object design.

The Registration For Design vs Patent Process In most countries, a patent can be filed for a duration of 20 years, whereas a design can be protected for a period of 5 years, with the possibility of an extension for another 15 years, ing to intellectual property enforcement and protection laws.

One who refers to themselves as an Interior Designer can be either formally trained and chose not to take the step to become licensed OR they have no formal training.

How to begin licensing your artDo the research. Read books, websites and blogs such as MariaBrophy.com, Theabundantartist.com and ArtsyShark.com on how artists can license their art.Know your market.Make the pitch.Create a plan.Mock-up a catalog.Follow up.Use social media.License the work yourself.