Regulation (EU) 2026/715

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This text since 1 Jul 2026law://eu/reg/2026/715/art_15__para_1@2026-11-14

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1.If an unregistered EU design is disclosed or claimed by a person who is not entitled to it under Article 14 or if a registered EU design has been applied for or registered in the name of such a person, the person entitled to it under that Article may, without prejudice to any other remedy which may be open to that person, claim before the competent court or authority of the Member State concerned recognition as the legitimate holder of the EU design.

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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: