Design Protection in Web3.0 in China NIPA
- 1. 2022.08 Design Protection in Web3.0 in CNIPA 国家知识产权局 China National Intellectual Property Administration
- 2. 内 容 Content s l GUI protection in CNIPA l Issues in VR/AR design protection 国家知识产权局 China National Intellectual Property Administration
- 3. 国家知识产权局 China National Intellectual Property Administration History Previous For the pattern shown when the product is electrified, for example, a pattern on the electronic watch dial, a pattern on the cell phone screen, and a software interface, no patent right shall be granted for the application. Current For the pattern displayed in video game interfaces and display devices irrelevant to human-computer interaction (HCI), for example, an electronic screen wallpaper, a startup/shutdown screen, and an image-text layout of a webpage irrelevant to HCI, no patent right shall be granted for the application. GUI protection was included in a revision to the Patent Examination Guidelines (May 1, 2014)
- 4. 国家知识产权局 China National Intellectual Property Administration GUI as partial design ■Since June 1, 2021, when the newly revised Patent Law came into effect, an application for partial design may be filed if the design essentials only pertain to a GUI design or a design of GUI nature that is applicable to multiple products.（ According to the draft of the Guidelines for Examination ）
- 5. 国家知识产权局 China National Intellectual Property Administration Requirements Virtualization of physical buttons ■Only GUIs with human-computer interaction (HCI) may be protected. ■The GUI must be attached to its physical medium if the design application is for the product as a whole.
- 6. 国家知识产权局 China National Intellectual Property Administration Examples A desk phone with GUI call control A printer with GUI OS (operating system) A media player with GUI playback control A laptop computer with GUI OS (operating system) A desktop computer with GUI instant messaging software
- 7. 国家知识产权局 China National Intellectual Property Administration Examples Electronic screen wallpaper Startup/shutdown screen Video game interface
- 8. 国家知识产权局 China National Intellectual Property Administration A phone with GUI communication feature Right view Front view Left view Top view Back view Bottom view Drawings or photos Front view GUI of Smartphone OS Brief explanation The design essentials only pertain to the GUI (on an existing design of the smartphone). Front view GUI of the notetaking feature Brief explanation The design essentials only pertain to the GUI
- 9. 国家知识产权局 China National Intellectual Property Administration Issues in design protection AR-Education VR-Social VR-Art VR-Tourism l VR/AR become the major display apparatus in Web3.0 The pictures from internet are only used for this
- 10. 国家知识产权局 China National Intellectual Property Administration l The issue in the object of protection Projection AR Display Devices Projection AR Display Devices The pictures from internet are only used for this Issues in design protection
- 11. 国家知识产权局 China National Intellectual Property Administration l The issue in clear expression Vroom -real estate business VR application GUI design GUI design of VR virtual concert held by Travis Scott in Fortnite The pictures from internet are only used for this Issues in design protection
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