Design rights protect the particular appearance of a product and confer to the owner the exclusive rights to an industrial design against third parties. This article provides an introduction to design rights in Peru, including the scope of what design rights can cover, the procedure to register a design right and what measures are available to the owner of a design right that has been infringed.
Once an applicant files a patent application, it will go through a formal examination process wherein the Peruvian Patent Office will evaluate the formal requirements. After that, the application will be published so that third parties may present an opposition. This article is part of a series answering FAQs about patents in Peru and, in particular, focuses on the patent application stage.
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