IP Insights. Industrial designs in the video games industry

Did you know how widely an industrial design can be applied in the gaming industry? In previous editions, we discussed how a design protects the appearance of a product or its parts. This time, we’ll show how it can help video game creators protect their unique ideas.

In the latest material prepared by Maciej Majewski, you will learn:

• Which elements of video games can be protected by an industrial design?
• Why is protecting industrial designs crucial in the first years after a game’s release?
• What are the benefits of registering a design compared to copyright protection?

We invite you to read on!

We encourage you to read the other publications in the IP Insights series:

• IP Insights. Unregistered community design – is it useful?
• IP Insights. Industrial designs – part II
• IP Insights. Industrial designs – part I
• IP Insights. Technical Considerations Versus ‘Creativity’ in Copyright Law
• IP Insights. Identity/similarity with an earlier sign