The foundations of European design law as we know it are Directive 98/71/EC (the Designs Directive) and Regulation (EC) 6/2002 on Community Designs (the Designs Regulation), together with implementing ...
‘What you see is what you get’ is one of the vital principles of EU (and German) design law. Particularly in relation to designs for component parts of a complex product (ie, parts used in or ...
The Situation: After nearly two decades of negotiations, the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO") adopted the Riyadh Design Law Treaty, which aims to harmonize design ...