Regulation (EU) 2026/715

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This text since 1 Jul 2026law://eu/reg/2026/715/art_130__para_1@2026-11-15

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1.An EU design court hearing an action as referred to in Article 120, other than an action for a declaration of non-infringement, shall, unless there are special grounds for continuing the hearing, of its own motion after hearing the parties, or at the request of one of the parties and after hearing the other parties, stay the proceedings where the validity of the EU design is already in issue before another EU design court on account of a counterclaim or, in the case of a registered EU design, where an application for a declaration of invalidity has already been filed at the Office.

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Key facts

Type: Regulation · (EU) 2026/715 · EEA relevant
Adopted: 11 Mar 2026
In force: 1 Jul 2026
Made by: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Official: EUR-Lex 32026R0715 · ELI

Topics

codification of EU law designs and models single market Intellectual, industrial and commercial property Intellectual property Internal market - Principles

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Defined terms · 4

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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;
earlier right
means a right acquired or applied for in good faith before accession.
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: