Abstract:
La esperada reforma de la normativa europea de dibujos y modelos industriales tras dos décadas de vigencia de la Directiva 98/71 y el Reglamento 6/2002 suponen la culminación de un profundo proceso de revisión. Las novedades propuestas pretenden abordar los problemas y limitaciones de que adolece l... Ver más
The long-awaited reform of European Union legislation on industrial design protection has come after more than two decades of Directive 98/71 and Regulation 6/2002 being in force and as the culmi-nation of a thorough revision process. The proposed amendments aim to address the problems and shortcomings of the current legislation, in order to achieve an updated, accessible, efficient and technologically neutral system of protection of industrial design under European Union law. This pa-per examines the main features of the proposed recast Directive and amended Regulation, such as the repair clause in relation to spare parts, the changes to the registration process or the cumulative protection of designs under copyright and design law