Articles on the topic of design
EuGH, Urteil vom 28. 10.2021, C-123/20, Ferrari/Mansory According to the Community Design regulation, it is possible to protect a product design via a so-called unregistered community design for a period of three years from the date on which it...
EuG, Urt. v. 7.7.2021, T 668/19 - „Verlängerter Prioritätszeitraum“ The priority period for EU designs is now 12 months instead of the (usual) 6 months priority period if the applications invokes a priority of a PCT patent application. The ECJ...
BGH, Urteil vom 20. 04.2021, X ZR 40/19, Zahnimplantat In the case of the patent in dispute (dental implant), which was declared invalid in patent revocation proceedings, one of the issues was whether the publication of a registered design can...
BGH, Urt. v. 07.10.2020, I ZR 137/19 - Papierspender The claims, descriptions and drawings of the parallel patent disclosure for a product are among the objective circumstances relevant to the individual case, which are to be assessed when...
BPatG, 27. 02.2020 - 30 W (pat) 809/18 - Fahrradsattel Under Paragraph 4 of Design Act a design which is used in or incorporated into a product which is a component part of a complex product is considered to be new and to have individual...