Design Registration Under Hague System

海牙外观设计注册

Industrial Design / Design Patent

Design is a form of intellectual property protection that concerns itself with the aesthetics of a product. It is solely for the protection of how the product looks like and not how it functions.

These include products such as lamps, phone cases, jewelleries, bottles, automobiles, and any other products that has a physical form, or a user interface for a software or application.

What is Hague System?

Hague System is an international filing system for designs which allows for a single application, filed in one language, with one set of fees, to be registered in multiple countries.

There are 79 member states participating in Hague system which covers 96 countries.

Are you eligible to file under Hague System?

To be eligible, you need to be one of the following:

  • a national of a Contracting Party
  • domiciled in a Contracting Party
  • has a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in a Contracting Party

What are the requirements?

  1. Filing Language: The applicant may choose between English, French, or Spanish.
  2. Drawings: One or more views of the design
  3. Payment of fees: There are three types of fees to be paid: a basic fee; a publication fee; and a standard designation fee for each contracting states where you want your design to be registered. The fees are to be paid in Swiss francs.

Some countries will require additional requirements depending on the national laws implemented.

How much to file?

Official fee: SGD 650 which includes the basic and publication fees

Designation fee: Depends on which countries you will designate your design and the level of examination being conducted in said countries. For a more accurate estimate, please let us know which countries you wish to file your design.

Service fee: SGD500 per jurisdiction

工业设计/外观设计专利

外观设计是知识产权保护的一种形式,涉及产品的美学。 它纯粹是保护产品的外观而不是其功能。

产品可包括灯具、手机壳、珠宝、瓶子、汽车等产品,以及任何其他具有实体形式或软件或应用程序使用者界面的产品。

海牙体系是甚么?

海牙体系是一种国际外观设计申请体系,允许以一种语言提交一份申请,并缴纳一套费用,在多个国家进行注册。

海牙体系共有79个成员国,涵盖96个国家。

您是否符合在海牙体系下提交申请的资格?

如要符合申请资格,您需要符合以下条件之一:

  • 缔约方国民
  • 居住在缔约方
  • 在缔约方拥有真实有效的工商机构

申请要求是甚么?

  1. 申请语言:申请人可选择英语、法语或西班牙语。
  2. 图纸:一张或多张设计视图。
  3. 费用支付:需支付三种费用:基本费用;公告费;以及您希望注册您的设计的每个缔约方的标准指定费。费用须以瑞士法郎支付。

一些国家将根据其国家法律提出额外的要求。

申请费用是多少?

官方费用:650新加坡元,含基本申请费及公告费

指定费:取决于您将指定您的设计的国家以及在这些国家/地区进行的审查程度。为了更准确报价,请告诉我们您希望向哪些国家提交您的设计。

服务费:每个司法区 500 新加坡元

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