Designs examination in practice: Tips, Tools & Cases

On 27 October 2026, as part of CarIPI’s ongoing capacity-building programme for IP office staff, under activity 4 of the second annual work plan (AWP2), the project hosts an online training session on industrial design examination, designed to strengthen examination capacity in CARIFORUM IP Offices and to promote more effective and consistent registration practices. 

The session offers practical guidance on the key stages of design examination. It opens with the main concepts and the examination workflow, together with the classification and search tools, and then turns to examining designs in practice, covering the assessment of novelty and individual character and selected grounds for refusal or invalidity. Practical examples and case-based discussion will supports each topic throughout.

Available Materials:

Presentations

• Barbados Industrial Designs - Erica Smith
• Experiencias de la OEPM en Diseños Industriales - Lydia Moreno Martín
• Getting started: key concepts, examination workflow and tools - Gailė Sakalaitė 

Watch the webinars here and visit the Learning section for more resources.