EU Directive of the Parliament and of the Council on legal protection of designs

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Directive of the Parliament and of the Council on legal protection of designs

Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs
ENTRY INTO FORCE: November 17, 1998

Preamble

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

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