Directive (EU) 2024/2823

In forceThis text since 18 Nov 2024law://eu/dir/2024/2823/art_34@2026-11-10

Article 34Cooperation in the area of design registration, administration and invalidity#

The offices shall be free to cooperate effectively with each other and with the European Union Intellectual Property Office in order to promote convergence of practices and tools in relation to the examination, registration and invalidation of designs.

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Key facts

Type: Directive · (EU) 2024/2823 · EEA relevant
Adopted: 23 Oct 2024
In force: 8 Dec 2024
Applies from: 9 Dec 2027
Made by: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Official: EUR-Lex 32024L2823 · ELI

Topics

codification of EU law designs and models European Union Intellectual Property Office single market spare part trade-mark law Freedom of establishment Intellectual, industrial and commercial property Internal market - Principles

History · 1 version

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Cited by 2: Regulation (EU) 2026/715; this act

Defined terms · 5

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complex product
means a product that is composed of multiple components which can be replaced, permitting disassembly and reassembly of the product.
design
means the appearance of the whole or a part of a product resulting from the features, in particular the lines, contours, colours, shape, texture and/or materials, of the product itself and/or of its decoration, including the movement, transition or any other sort of animation of those features;
office
means the central industrial property office of the Member State or the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property, entrusted with the registration of designs;
product
means any industrial or handicraft item other than a computer program, regardless of whether it is embodied in a physical object or materialises in a non-physical form, including:
register
means the register of designs kept by an office;