Industrial design rights in the European Union

Industrial design rights in the European Union are provided at both the Union level by virtue of the European Union design ("EU design") and at the national level under individual national laws. == Eligible designs == A design is defined as "the appearance of the whole or a part of a product resulting from the features of, in particular, the lines, contours, colours, shape, texture and/or materials of the product itself and/or its ornamentation".

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