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EU design reforms 2024–2027: digital and non-physical designs, 3D printing, repair clause, procedures, fees, copyright and unregistered designs

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This Practice Note reviews the suite of EU design measures that refreshes the EU design framework and makes securing protection for industrial designs in the EU cheaper, faster, more predictable and consistent across the Union. The core package consists of the following instruments set out below:

Regulation (EU) 2024/2822 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 amending Council Regulation (EC) 6/2002 on Community designs and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) 2246/2002 (the Amending Regulation)
Directive (EU) 2024/2823 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 on the legal protection of designs (recast) (the Directive)

The Amending Regulation updates the unitary EU design system by revising Regulation (EC) 6/2002. Beyond changes to the way the system currently functions in practice, it also refreshes the terminology. Following these amendments, registered Community designs (RCDs) become registered EU designs (REUDs) and unregistered Community designs (UCDs) become unregistered EU designs (UEUDs). The Directive supplants Directive 98/71/EC and overhauls protection for nationally registered designs throughout the EU. This Practice Note outlines the context for the legislative initiative, and summarises developments to date in full here. It also identifies the principal components of the reforms, namely:...

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