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Design Law
42 published works
The IPKat
The most important part of a patent specification is … the pictures (at least for design law)
Invalidity applicants relying on patent specifications to attack the validity of an EU design should take note: the General Court has confirmed that only the specific illustrations actually relied upon…
Spicy IP
From Blueprints to Bistro: Rethinking Culinary Creativity After Cryogas
By SpicyIP
What happens when creativity is both functional and aesthetic at the same time? The Supreme Court’s decision in Cryogas Equipment Pvt. Ltd. v. Inox India Ltd., though rooted in industrial…
The IPKat
[Book Review] Stone on European Union Design Law: A Practitioners’ Guide
This is a review of the third edition of Stone on European Union Design Law: A Practitioners’ Guide (Oxford University Press, 2025), authored by David Stone. More than twenty years after…
The IPKat
[Guest Post] Of Snakes and Artistic Value: Bologna IP Court Slithers Through Design, Shape Marks and Copyrights in a post-Cofemel landscape
The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest post by Katfriend Luigi Manna (attorney at Martini Manna & Partners), commenting on a decision from the Bologna…
Spicy IP
Design Law Reforms: Searching for Justifications
Long post ahead! DPIIT on 23rd January 2026 had put out a concept note titled “Proposed Amendments to the Designs Act, 2000” and has invited comments from stakeholders, with the…
TheTMCA.com
The UK Government Consults on Proposed Reforms to Design Laws
By Ron Moscona, Sam Fitzgerald
A consultation process proposing extensive reforms to the framework for design protection in the United Kingdom has come to a close on 27 November 2025. One of the stated objectives…
The IPKat
1+1 may be 2 but sometimes looks like 1 – The General Court’s math for LEGO
LEGO bricks are designed to fit together seamlessly. Whether the same can be said of EU design case law on modular products was once again before the General Court in…
Fox Mandal Blogs
India’s Design Law to Get a Makeover: Key Proposals Explained
By Fox@Admin21
Home India’s Design Law to Get a Makeover: Key Proposals Explained January 28, 2026 Shana Varughese With a view to aligning India’s design law with global best practices, a set…
The IPKat
AGA v UKIG: Court of Appeal uphold’s first instance findings on exhaustion and copyright in designs
The IPKat reported on the first instance decision in AGA Rangemaster Group Ltd v UK Innovations Group Ltd & Anor [2024] EWHC 1727 (IPEC) (Alessandro Cerri, here), in which Nicolas Caddick…
NUALS Law Journal
The Artistic Threshold: Supreme Court’s Recalibration of Copyright and Design Boundaries
By Nualslj
Parth Chhapolia Introduction The intersection of copyright and design protection in India has long been on a murky terrain, particularly in industrial innovation, where artistic duties frequently take a functional…