浅析如何让GUI外观设计专利申请的更有意义

How to Make Design Patent Application of Graphical User Interface More Efficient

我国于2014年5月1日,将图形用户界面(GUI)纳入了外观设计的保护范围,实践中由于外观设计的保护不延及设计思想,图形用户界面又易于修改模仿,因而存在竞争对手对图形用户界面修改或变形之后进行复制的问题,对于如何寻求合理的的保护范围,从而更好地保护专利权人的合法权益,已经成为众多申请人急需解决的问题。本文通过模拟申请实例,结合笔者实践中的经验,阐述了图形用户界面外观设计专利撰写过程中的拓展思路,希望通过本文能够为申请人及相关从业者提供更多的帮助。

Graphical User Interface （GUI） was included into the Industrial Design protection in China from May 1st, 2014. But in practice, since the Industrial Design protection is not extended to the design concepts, and the Graphical User Interface is easy to imitate and modify, therefore, the issue comes up that the competitor can modify or deform the Graphical User Interface and copy. So how to pursue the reasonable protection domain, thus to better protect the patentee＇s legal right, has become the urgent issue of many applicants that need to be solved. Through simulating the application case in combine with the author＇ s practical experience, this paper demonstrates the developing ideas during the writing of industrial design patent application of Graphical User Interface. Hope this paper can provide some help to the applicants and related people.