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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

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...

10 Jul, 2023

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...

05 Jul, 2023

By Domien Op de Beeck Camille Vanpeteghem Lola Barberon +6 more...

From underwater masks to twisted chips, the past few years have been interesting for European designs. Members of Bird & Bird’s...

12 Jan, 2023

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...

04 Nov, 2022

By Louise Sargeant Ewan Grist

The International Comparative Legal Guide – Designs 2023 has now been published, with contributing editor Ewan Grist. It covers common...

08 Mar, 2022

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...