Dec 20, 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...
Nov 30, 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...
Jul 10, 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...
Jul 05, 2023 Bird & Bird’s digest of notable and unusual European design cases By Domien Op de Beeck Camille Vanpeteghem Lola Barberon Cristiana Andreotta Francesca Rombola Maria Fernandez Manon Rieger-Jansen Nina Dorenbosch Heidi Hurdle +6 more... Show less From underwater masks to twisted chips, the past few years have been interesting for European designs. Members of Bird & Bird’s...
Jan 12, 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...
Nov 04, 2022 International Comparative Legal Guide – Designs 2023 By Louise Sargeant Ewan Grist The International Comparative Legal Guide – Designs 2023 has now been published, with contributing editor Ewan Grist. It covers common...
Mar 08, 2022 Dispute over “paper dispenser” goes into the next round By Jan Bärenfänger Some proceedings have a tendency to take forever – to be fair, mostly when a particularly large number of open legal questions are...