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Design Protection
Across ASEAN & Hong Kong
Great design moves markets—if you protect it well. Our industrial design practice turns sketches and CADs into enforceable rights across Brunei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. A single team with one playbook, and multi-jurisdictional expertise enables seamless design service to Voyage IP clients across ASEAN and Hong Kong.
What We Do (and Why it Matters)
Voyage IP translates product intent into registrable scope: selecting the right views, cleaning linework, and using shading, contours, and (where accepted) broken lines to claim what matters and leave out what doesn’t. We align filing strategy with release plans, public launches, trade shows, beta drops, and manage priority and deferment options to control disclosure risk.
We prepare compliant view sets (orthographic, perspective, exploded where allowed), tight descriptions, and classification that tracks commercial goals. Where multi-embodiment filings are possible, we structure them to limit unnecessary costs and avoid unity objections. Formalities, such as powers of attorney, declarations, translations, etc are handled once, centrally, then deployed per jurisdiction.
Objections are met with persuasive arguments and/or amendments that preserve scope. We respond on novelty/individual character using curated prior art and market context, and we tailor amendments to each registry’s rules on replacement drawings, disclaimers, and claim narrowing.
After grant, we record changes of ownership, manage renewals, set up customs/watch services where available, and support licensing and OEM/ODM deals. The result: registrations that stand up in oppositions, cancellations, and negotiations.
Jurisdiction Snapshots
Singapore
A modern registry with efficient processing and options for deferment. We leverage advanced drawing practices (including, where acceptable, partial claiming) to protect the silhouette and signature features that drive brand value—fast.
Hong Kong
A design-savvy market with active enforcement. We plan bilingual documentation where helpful and use carefully curated view suites to avoid multiple design issues. Limited grace mechanisms exist. So, timing still matters and we are able to align filings closely to launch.
Brunei
English-language filings and predictable formal examination make Brunei a low-friction first stop. We prioritise clean, minimal view sets and early priority claims to keep pendency short.
Indonesia
Examination can be exacting on novelty and unity. We recommend early prior-art sweeps and consistent linework across all views; translation quality is non-negotiable. Our approach minimise re-draw cycles and the cost that comes with them.
Malaysia
Formalities are clear, but specification choices drive outcomes. We structure claims and statements to accommodate variants without inviting scope fights and keep publication strategy synced to marketing calendars.
Philippines
The office expects precise drawings and coherent statements of novelty. We plan for targeted amendments and ensure declarations and proof are assembled early to prevent avoidable delays.
Thailand
Distinctiveness thresholds are practical, but real. We craft inherently distinctive claim sets, calibrate disclaimers where useful, and prepare for active opposition practice by building a record designed to travel into enforcement.
Vietnam
Substantive examination is detail-oriented and line rules are prescriptive. We file with meticulous Vietnamese translations and view sets that anticipate examiner questions, and we manage appeal pathways when needed.
Our Approach and Why It Works?
In-house illustration bench that knows each registry’s red lines: mirror symmetry, surface shading, contour continuity, and accepted perspective counts.
We track disclosure dates, run “no-surprise” calendars for priority and renewals, and use deferment (where available) to align with product roll-outs.
When distinctiveness is challenged, we marshal realistic prior-art landscapes and market snapshots that frame the design’s patentability.
A unified portal shows status, deadlines, and budgets across the region; invoices map official fees vs. professional time, line by line.
Why Clients Choose Us?
Predictable Budgets
Fixed fees for filing packages and set-price responses to common objections.
Regional Leverage
Harmonised claim theory across offices enables coherent enforcement and deal-making.
Senior Attention
Every substantive office action is partner-reviewed—no boilerplate.
Speed Without Sloppiness
We hit calendars without trading away scope or validity.
Bottom Line: In these markets, design protection is a race against the clock and against copycats. We make it boring, in the best way, by executing with precision, anticipating examiner concerns, and delivering registrations that protect what sells: the look and feel your customers love.
