Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs
Introductory Text
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
Signature
ATTACHMENTS
Statement by the Commission
Statement by the Commission regarding Article 18