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11/18/2025 9:01:46 AM

EU design reform: Growing divergence from the UK

By Elisabetta Bandera Louise Sargeant

New EU legislation On 10 October 2024, the European Council adopted: The EU Designs Regulation (2024/2822/EU) (the Regulation).Directive...

10/28/2025 8:04:00 AM

By Naji Tilley

Affirming the recommendation of Advocate General Szpunar, the CJEU has ruled on the approach to the informed user and special...

2/6/2025 8:30:52 AM

By Evie Scott

In a registered design infringement claim, the court tackled a novel legal point: can a design with multiple potential configurations...

12/18/2024 11:00:15 AM

By Ema Bergonier

For several weeks now, we have been sharing the key changes introduced by the new EU design package. After introducing the highlights,...

6/12/2024 2:49:00 PM

By Daniel Anti

Case Background The Study Bed Company filed an invalidity application against UK registered design no. 6248940 owned by Fradur S.A which...

11/22/2023 9:01:00 PM

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...

7/5/2023 2:24:00 PM

By Domien Op de Beeck Camille Vanpeteghem Lola Barberon +5 more...

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

9/22/2016 9:08:00 PM

By Lorraine Tay

As Singapore gears towards an innovation-driven economy, more and more businesses are recognising the potential that good design has to...