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Final approval for EU designs reform
The Council of the EU has adopted the revised directive on the legal protection of designs and the amended regulation on community designs.
The texts were adopted on 10 October 2024.
The directive will be published in the Official Journal of the EU and will enter into force on the 20th day following its publication. EU Member States will then have 36 months to transpose the directive.
The regulation amending the regulation on Community designs will enter into force on the 20th day following publication and will apply four months later.
The design reform package aims to make it easier and cheaper to register designs at the EU level and harmonise procedures between European and national systems.
It also introduces the “repair clause” to exempt from design protection the spare parts used for repair of complex products (such as spare parts for the car-repair sector) following a transitional period.
More information is available on the Council website here.
The MARQUES Designs Team, working closely with other IP associations, has provided input into the design reform process and continues to monitor the progress. Find out more on the Designs Team page and read the joint comments of ECTA, INTA and MARQUES on the public consultation (January 2023) here.
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