Industrial designs generated by computer programs: prospects of legal framework development in Ukraine

center dot This paper is aimed at determining the prospects of legal framework development concerning computer-generated designs in Ukraine. center dot Through testing two approaches to computer-generated objects protection - one implemented in the Ukrainian copyright law to objects generated by a computer program and the other implemented in the UK, Ireland, and Hong Kong to computer-generated designs - the study discusses whether these approaches may be suitable for computer-generated design protection in Ukraine. center dot Based on the discussion, the paper presents the proposals for the legal framework development concerning industrial designs generated by a computer program in Ukraine.

Journal

JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW & PRACTICE

Year

2025

Volume

20

Issue

7

Pages

486-494

ISSN

1747-1532

eISSN

1747-1540

DOI

10.1093/jiplp/jpaf030

WoS UID

WOS:001487882600001

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