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Article 7Individual character#
1.A design shall be considered to have individual character if the overall impression it produces on the informed user differs from the overall impression produced on such a user by any design which has been made available to the public:
(b)in the case of a registered EU design, before the date of filing of the application for registration or, if a priority is claimed, the date of priority.
2.In assessing individual character, the degree of freedom of the designer in developing the design shall be taken into consideration.
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