Andrew Parkes, M.A. (Cantab.), CPA, FITMA Special Reporter (Trade Marks & Designs) for FICPI – Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle

Former partner and consultant in Tomkins, Dublin. European Patent and Trade Mark Attorney.

Graduated in Natural Science and Law at Cambridge University, England. Qualified as a Chartered Patent Agent in the UK. Professional experience there and in the USA. Returned to Ireland in 1968.

Past-President of the Irish Association of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys. Past-President and now Honorary President of the UNION of European Practitioners in Industrial Property.

Observer for FICPI at meetings of the SCT in Geneva.

Presentation:

 

Panel 5B: Industrial Design Registration

“Key Design issues” by Andrew Parkes, FICPI

Enhancing design protection internationally – practical difficulties for users.

Key design issues – substantive: definitions, interpretation, functional features, scope of protection, grace period.

Key design issues – formalities: discussions at the SCT

Searching Designs: FICPI Survey

Searching by visual features: Locarno Union Pilot Group