25 Jun, 2024 EU General Court grants broad EU design protection to “consumable” product parts By Domien Op de Beeck Robert Mooijekind Here we look at a General Court decision about a registered Community design for an electrode used in welding torches, which may have...
09 Apr, 2024 Not-so-bright result for Aldi in UK registered design infringement appeal By Lauren Ensign In the autumn of 2020, M&S launched a festive gin-liqueur, packaged in a bottle depicting a winter scene. An LED light at the base...
28 Mar, 2024 CJEU: Third-party spare parts for classic Audi cars found to infringe Audi four-ring logo By Sean Bullock In a case about classic Audi cars, the CJEU has confirmed that the repair clause found in design law is not applicable to trade mark law...
27 Mar, 2024 EU: Rihanna’s reveal derails Puma’s design By Alexander Grigg The EU General Court very recently upheld an EUIPO decision that a Registered Community Design (RCD) for one of Puma’s shoes was invalid...
12 Mar, 2024 Belgium court considers design and copyright protection of cat litter trays By Domien Op de Beeck Camille Vanpeteghem amIn this article we look at an interesting decision from the Belgian Community Design courts and the potential practical implications....
29 Feb, 2024 Patents for modular scaffolding system infringed, but registered designs held to be invalid By Bryony Gold The case of Safestand v Weston Homes [2023] EWHC 3250 (Pat) concerned registered design and patent rights in builders’ trestles,...
20 Dec, 2023 EU Design Reform: The horizon is in sight as Council and European Parliament reach provisional deal By Roman Brtka, LL.M. In welcome news for designers, the Council and European Parliament very recently reached a provisional deal on the EU design reform...
30 Nov, 2023 ICLG Designs Laws and Regulations guide now published By Domien Op de Beeck Louise Sargeant Ewan Grist The ICLG Designs Laws and Regulations guide has now been published! Unsure about the future of EU design law? Join Domien Op de Beeck as...
22 Nov, 2023 Update: Interpretation of broken lines in Australian registered designs By Shehana Wijesena Where a registered design shows a whole product with a portion of it depicted using broken lines and the remainder in solid lines, the...
13 Nov, 2023 Registered Design Judgment – Chiaro Technology Limited v Mayborn Limited By Ewan Grist Sam Peterson In the recent High Court case of Chiaro Technology Limited v Mayborn (UK) Limited, it was held that the defendant’s Tommee Tippee...
10 Jul, 2023 General Court confirms third parties can benefit from grace period when registering designs By Louise Sargeant In case you missed it, back in April the General Court confirmed the ability for third parties to rely on the prior design disclosure...
18 May, 2023 T-Shirts, bicycles or lamps… are we talking about art? And what does that imply? By Laura Jones A recent case concerning showcase lamps has led the German Federal Court of Justice to consolidate its understanding of the European...
05 Apr, 2023 Does the CJEU ruling on the “paper dispenser” finally bring clarity for design owners? By Jan Bärenfänger Last year, we reported on the long dispute about the “paper dispenser”, which is about the relationship between design law and patent law...
09 Mar, 2023 Protection of parts of complex products – lost in translation? By Domien Op de Beeck The requirements for design protection in the EU for parts of a complex product is not easy to decipher. The CJEU very recently had to...
15 Feb, 2023 M&S all lit up in successful liqueur bottle UK registered design case By Maisie Briggs Successful M&S bottle registered design case against Aldi In a successful M&S bottle design case against Aldi, the Intellectual Property...
12 Jan, 2023 EU design laws: changes on the horizon By Domien Op de Beeck Roman Brtka, LL.M. On 29 November 2022, the European Commission published its long-awaited proposals for a new Directive on the legal protection of designs...