EXCO/FR22/RES/006 

STRENGTHENING THE PRACTICE OF THE INDEPENDENT IP ATTORNEY 

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Resolution of the World Congress and Executive Committee 

Cannes, France, 25 to 29 September 2022 
“

Design drawings

” 

FICPI

, the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys, broadly representative 

of the free profession throughout the world, assembled at its World Congress and Executive 
Committee held in Cannes, France, 25 to 29 September 2022, passed the following resolution: 

NOTING

  the wide variation in drawing requirements for design applications globally, with 

some jurisdictions requiring seven particular views (one perspective view and six orthogonal 
views, i.e., top and bottom plan views, front and rear elevational views, and left and right side 
views), and other jurisdictions having a relatively low maximum number of views, for example 
seven; 

OBSERVING

 that requiring seven particular views can cause applicants to provide views which 

do not depict any part of the design for which protection is sought, or which add nothing to 
the understanding of the design for which protection is sought;   

FURTHER OBSERVING

 that having a relatively low maximum number of views, for example 

seven, does not always enable the best and/or most complete depiction of the design for 
which protection is sought, for example when the design is movable between different states 
or otherwise has multiple appearances,  when the design has aspects that are best seen with 
an enlarged view or cross section, or when the design relates to animated graphical user 
interfaces (GUIs);

 

URGES 

jurisdictions to remove requirements in applications for design protection for: 

(a)  

a particular number of views, 

(b)  

specific views, and 

(c)  

a maximum number of views; 

thereby allowing applicants flexibility in the choice and number of views to represent their 
design.