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ARTICLE · 17 DECEMBER 2024

EU Design Legislative Reform In Force!

ELVINGER HOSS PRUSSEN, société anonyme
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The EU design legislative reform package (the "Design Reform Package") came into force on 8 December 2024. he Design Reform Package aims, more than twenty years after the implementation...

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EmmanuèLe De Dampierre
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Paola Cardile
Paola Cardile

What happened?

The EU design legislative reform package (the "Design Reform Package") came into force on 8 December 2024.

The Design Reform Package aims, more than twenty years after the implementation of the initial legislation, to modernise and harmonise the latter by making it more attractive for designers and businesses (especially small and medium-sized enterprises) and suited to the fundamental innovations and technological advances of recent years. The Design Reform Package consists of the following texts:

  • Directive (EU) 2024/2823 of 23 October 2024 on the legal protection of designs (recast of Directive 98/71/EC);
  • Regulation (EU) 2024/2822 of 23 October 2024 on Community designs (from now on referred to as "European Union Design") amending the previous regulation.

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