09 February 2018
Community Designs: meaning of the repair clause
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/global/community-designs-meaning-of-the-repair-clause

01 November 2017
Community registered designs: jurisdiction
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2017/global/community-registered-designs-jurisdiction

05 October 2017
Unregistered design rights: amendment to definition of design clarified
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2017/uk/ip-and-it-law-bytes-oct-2017/unregistered-design-rights-amendment-to-definition-of-design-clarified

26 November 2020
International Comparative Legal Guide to: Designs 2021 - New title released!
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/international-comparative-legal-guide-to-designs-2021

The ICLG has published it's first designs edition, a practical cross-border insight into designs law and we've contributed two chapters.

12 June 2020
CJEU rules that functional shapes are eligible for copyright protection, in so far as they are original works
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/cjeu-rules-that-functional-shapes-are-eligible-for-copyright-protection-in-so-far

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued its judgment in Brompton Bicycle, C-833/18, ruling that copyright protection is available to functional shapes, subject to them being original works in the ...

12 May 2020
The High Court grants PMI a Brexit-proof final injunction for EU design
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/the-high-court-grants-pmi-a-brexit-proof-final-injunction-for-eu-design

As previously reported in October 2018, Philip Morris International (PMI) successfully obtained a pan-EU interim injunction on the basis of a registered Community design against a Chinese manufacturer, which was ...

16 December 2020
A Case in ‘Point’: Rothy’s succeeds in perhaps the UK's final Community design case
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/a-case-in-point-rothys-succeeds-in-perhaps-the-uks-final-community-design-case

Rothy’s, the popular shoe company from California, has today prevailed over Austrian company Giesswein — in what might be the UK’s final ruling on EU design rights.

15 March 2018
The CJEU DOCERAM case: when is a product feature solely dictated by its technical functionality such that it cannot be protected as a Community Design?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/uk/cjeu-doceram-case

05 April 2018
Designs and patents: commercial success
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/uk/designs-and-patents-commercial-success

19 September 2016
Poland: Important changes to Polish design law
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2016/poland/poland-important-changes-to-polish-design-law