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Design Patents and the Hague Agreement Option: Evaluating the Benefits and Risks of Filing

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Description

Under the Hague Agreement, applicants may apply for design protection by filing a single, standardized International Design Application (IDA) in a single language. Applicants will see potential cost savings and will enjoy provisional rights in the U.S.

However, filing under the Hague Agreement is not without its challenges. For example, there is no universal drawing standard and countries have different requirements. Patent counsel must understand the IDA process and its benefits and risks to carefully evaluate and determine whether to file an IDA under the Hague Agreement or file direct national applications.

Listen as our authoritative panel of speakers from the USPTO, WIPO, and private practice discuss the pros and cons of filing under the Hague System and its impact on design patent filings globally.

Presented By

Jonah Asher
Coordinator
WIPO

Mr. Asher is a Coordinator at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a United Nations agency managing international IP treaties.

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Tracy-Gene Durkin
Director
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox Pllc

Ms. Durkin heads the firm’s Mechanical and Design Patent Group. With nearly 30 years of experience obtaining and enforcing IP rights, she has a deep understanding of utility and design patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Ms. Durkin has been an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University Law School and has spoken internationally on topics such as the interplay between design patents and trade dress, and protection of user interface and the user experience. She is currently a Vice Chair of the Industrial Designs Committee of IP Section of the ABA.

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Gordon Klancnik
Patent Attorney, Office of Policy and International Affairs
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Mr. Klancnik spent about two decades in private practice as a counselor, litigator, and prosecutor before joining the USPTO in 2021. He is part of the team that interfaces with international counterparts and represents the USPTO and the United States in international forums relating to industrial designs, including WIPO’s Hague Working Group, among others. Prior to going into private practice, he clerked for Judge Rader on the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.


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    On Demand

Date + Time

  • event

    Thursday, August 28, 2025

  • schedule

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

I. Overview of the Hague System globally, its members, who is using it and how

II. Update from the USPTO on how it is approaching examination of IDAs, including best practices for filing an IDA indirectly through the USPTO

III. Practice tips for preparing an IDA for filing in multi-jurisdictions including examination countries like the U.S., Japan, and Korea

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of utilizing the IDA under the Hague Agreement?
  • What are the lessons learned since U.S. applicants have had access to the Hague System?
  • What best practices should counsel employ when filing an IDA?