DESIGNS PUBLISHED
April 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE FIRST successful applications for a special intellectual property right protection in the European Union, focusing on designs rather than inventions, have been published by the EU's Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market.Companies who have sunk investment into producing innovative designs - such as a new line of car, a shape of a mineral water bottle, or a new texture of textile - have been able to apply for these innovations to be places on a protected EU register since January 1. Now these ideas are being made public. After ...
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