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Community Design Directive In force since 13 October 1998

Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs
31998L0071 · official text on EUR-Lex

Articles

• 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