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EU proposals for design regime reform signal future divergence with UK
Out-Law News | 12 May 2021 | 9:06 am | 1 min. read
European proposals to overhaul legislation governing design protection could lead to divergence with UK rules, experts have said.
Copyright law expert Florian Traub of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law, said the European Commission’s proposed reforms into the Community Design Regulation and the Design Directive were welcome but brought uncertainty as to the future impact on UK law.
“Practitioners and design holders very much welcome the Commission’s intention to revise the EU legislation on design protection. It is hoped that some of the shortcomings of the current designs system will be ironed out as a result of the reform,” Traub said.