ADOPTION OF NEW LEGISLATION ON INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS BY THE EUROPEAN UNION AND BY THE MEMBER STATES OF THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)
The European Union has concluded the Revision of the European Union legislation concerning Industrial Designs, that is to say, the Design Directive (Dir. 98/71/EC) and the Community Design Regulation (EC No. 6/2002) and the same will be enter into force progressively during the course of the next three years.
The main changes include, among others, the change of name from “Community Design” to “European Union Design”, the enlargement of the definitions of the concept of “design”, “product” and the scope of the protection of the registered designs, and the addition of the so called “repair clause”.
On the other hand, WIPO Member States adopted last November 22, 2024 the Riyadh Design Law Treaty to create a formalities harmonized framework to protect in the countries that will ratify the Treaty.
