I've just been scouring the
web page of the OHIM website which is devoted to "Judgments of Community Design Courts concerning Community Designs". Frankly, it's in need of an infusion of help and assistance from the design community. Problems are not limited to the following:
* only 12 countries are represented at all -- and several significant jurisdictions have no cases listed at all;
* you need to be a talented linguist, since each decision is only recorded in its national language. A one-line summary in the OHIM working languages would be a great improvement on this;
* Each case is listed by Member State, Date, Language(s) and a heading called 'Concerning' -- which doesn't refer to the legal issue (eg validity, infringement, informed user) but to the subject on which the design is found (eg Flacon de parfum, Iltahämy-/aamunruskosimulaattorit, Naptidi pochette).
What we have to do is to ensure that OHIM gets plenty of decisions to post on this page, that it is given more information which it in turn can pass on to users of the site, and that it be encouraged to understand that, while we are grateful for what is available so for, we hope that the page will aspire to greater heights of achievement.
I've just been scouring the web page of the OHIM website which is devoted to "Judgments of Community Design Courts concerning Community Designs". Frankly, it's in need of an infusion of help and assistance from the design community. Problems are not limited to the following:
What we have to do is to ensure that OHIM gets plenty of decisions to post on this page, that it is given more information which it in turn can pass on to users of the site, and that it be encouraged to understand that, while we are grateful for what is available so for, we hope that the page will aspire to greater heights of achievement.
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