Court decision analysis

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Brands Industrial Designs PGI and PDO
Comment
April 22, 2026
The concept of an “informed user” for designs that allow for the assembly or connection of multiple, mutually interchangeable products within a modular system
Judgment of the Court of Justice of September 4, 2025, LEGO (C-211/24). Facts of the LEGO Case A/S (hereinafter “LEGO”) is the owner of EU designs Nos. 001950981-0001 and 002137190-0002, relating to building blocks belonging to a building set, and registered on November 22, 2011 […]
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Comment
April 1, 2026
Applied Art. Definition of Copyright and Industrial Designs
Judgment of the Court of Justice of December 4, 2025, Mio et al. (C-580/23 and C-795/23). 1. Facts The judgment concerns two preliminary ruling questions, decided jointly, that had been referred by courts in Sweden and Germany regarding the infringement of intellectual property rights. In the first of the cases, […]
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Comment
March 10, 2026
Design Protection Requirements in the Footwear and Low-Cost Fashion Sectors
Judgment of the Court of Justice of December 18, 2025, Deity Shoes (C-323/24). 1. Facts Deity Shoes (hereinafter “Deity”) is a company based in Elche that holds several EU designs relating to footwear. Its designs are created based on catalogs from Chinese trading companies, which offer predetermined components, and […]
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