Before you sell any product, you should have a Patent Attorney conduct product design infringement research. The Attorney can then provide clearance (or not) on whether you can sell the product.
Intellectual Property can remain quite hidden from view. You may think because it’s a glass, or a common product that there would not be any intellectual property registered for the product.
However, this may not be the case at all. It is worthwhile conducting intellectual property enquiries with a patent attorney or trademark attorney before commencement of trade.
Recently, KeepCup (a relatively smaller company) is suing Gloria Jeans for allegedly copying a Coffee Cup Design and the product design registration that KeepCup owns. The registration protects the reusable coffee cup. See below:
KeepCup sold their cup for $30 a cup, from 2014. As of November 2016, Gloria Jean’s started selling a similar design cup for $22 a cup.
Proceedings will commence in the Federal Court later this year.
Maybe you have a product design which you have designed and would like to cover the shape or appearance? It is worthwhile checking whether there is any intellectual property covering the shape or appearance of the product.
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Recently our patent lawyers have registered products such as fence post designs, building product spacers, window latches for blinds, window locks, mining equipment, water tanks, wine glasses, carpentry boxes, agricultural equipment and wine decanters.
