Bird & Bird’s Design experts have contributed to the latest edition of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA) Design Digest. Updated for 2025, our team explores the most cutting-edge cases coming before EU national courts over recent months. The guide provides a multijurisdictional outlook covering 8 jurisdictions, including Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and the Netherlands.

Our team's analysis in the CITMA digest tackles the questions organisations are asking: What opportunities exist in evolving regulatory frameworks? And how can you maximise the value of your design portfolio?

Our contributors:

• Belgium: Domien Op de Beeck and Robert Mooijekind
• Finland: Henri Kaikkonen and Jennika Sucksdorff
• France: Frédérique Bocqueraz and Pava Vrhovac
• Germany: Dr. Jan Bärenfänger and Catharina Krahn
• Italy: Francesca Rombola, Luisa Moavero and Cristiana Andreotta
• Poland: Mateusz Żuk and Michał Liszka
• Spain: María Maíllo Robles
• The Netherlands: Edzard Boonen and Nina Dorenbosch 

With thanks to Heidi Hurdle, Senior IP Knowledge & Development Lawyer, London, who coordinated and edited these reports.

Read more here.

This digest was published in the July/August 2025 of the CITMA Review, the journal of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA).