On 28 November 2022, the EU Commission adopted proposals for a revised Regulation and Directive on designs (Design Package). The aim of the proposals is to streamline and simplify procedures, promote harmonisation and improve the functioning of design law. In its position statement of 23 January 2023, the Institute welcomes the overall aim of the proposals. However, some points deserve further comment and clarification. Here, the focus of the remarks lies on substantive law.
Position Statement as pdf:
Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition of 23 January 2023 on the ‘Design Package’ (Amendment of the Design Regulation and Recast of the Design Directive)
by
Annette Kur, Tobias Endrich-Laimböck, Marc Huckschlag
Further information on the webpage of the European Commission:
Intellectual property – review of EU rules on industrial design (Design Directive)
