Council of the European Union and European Parliament 13 October 1998, Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs

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Article 1. Definitions
Article 2. Scope of application
Article 3. Protection requirements
Article 4. Novelty
Article 5. Individual character
Article 6. Disclosure
Article 7. Designs dictated by their technical function and designs of interconnections
Article 8. Designs contrary to public policy or morality
Article 9. Scope of protection
Article 10. Term of protection
Article 11. Invalidity or refusal of registration
Article 12. Rights conferred by the design right
Article 13. Limitation of the rights conferred by the design right
Article 14. Transitional provision
Article 15. Exhaustion of rights
Article 16. Relationship to other forms of protection
Article 17. Relationship to copyright
Article 18. Revision
Article 19. Implementation
Article 20. Entry into force
Article 21. Addressees

28.10.1998

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 289/28

DIRECTIVE 98/71/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 13 October 1998

on the legal protection of designs

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 100a thereof,

Having regard to the

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