Community Design Law: Principles and Practice

The Community Design Regulation came into force on 6th March 2002, implementing the 1998 Designs Directive. This text provides a detailed, article-by-article commentary on the Directive and the Regulation, steering practitioners through this momentous change in European design Law.

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The Community Design Regulation came into force on 6 March 2002, implementing the 1998 Designs Directive. The Regulation sets up a simpler and less expensive procedure for registering designs with OHIM in Alicante and also protects unregistered designs. It will significantly increase the importance of designs-related intellectual property work.
This new text provides a detailed, article-by-article commentary on the Directive and the Regulation, steering practitioners through the provisions which are the biggest change in European designs law for more than a century.
* The first in-depth commentary on the new legislation
* Covers an area of law which is now set for major growth
* Article-by-article commentary provides practitioners with all they need to understand use the Regulation
* Free online updates at www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/commdesign