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Jun 23, 2014
Stephen Yang, Peksung Intellectual Property Ltd., China
First published in the World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) magazine

Design protection for graphical user interfaces


Stephen Yang, Peksung Intellectual Property Ltd., China, First published in the World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) magazineOn March 12, 2014, the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) announced amendments to the Guidelines for Examination, which give design protection to graphical user interfaces (GUIs). The amendments will take effect on May 1, 2014. With the fast growth of the IT industry, SIPO recognised that there is a need to protect the creative work involved in designing GUIs for products such as mobile phones, computers and digital cameras. However, Section 7.4(11) Chapter 3 of Part I of the guidelines  read more