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Designs Directive

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Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs

 

Preamble

 

Article 1 - Definitions

 
Article 2 - Scope of application


Article 3 - Protection requirements


Article 4 - Novelty


Article 5 - Individual character


Article 6 - Disclosure


Article 7 - Designs dictated by their technical function and designs of interconnections


Article 8 - Designs contrary to public policy or morality


Article 9 - Scope of protection


Article 10 - Term of protection


Article 11 - Invalidity or refusal of registration


Article 12 - Rights conferred by the design right


Article 13 - Limitation of the rights conferred by the design right


Article 14 - Transitional provision


Article 15 - Exhaustion of rights


Article 16 - Relationship to other forms of protection


Article 17 - Relationship to copyright


Article 18 - Revision


Article 19 - Implementation


Article 20 - Entry into force


Article 21 - Addressees

 

 

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Text in force at 01-01-2020. The text can be verified at EUR-LEX. Titles of articles have been added for convenience, but are lacking in the official text, IP-PorTal.

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