Limitations in the Field of Designs

Autor: Natalia Kapyrina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law. 49:41-62
ISSN: 2195-0237
0018-9855
DOI: 10.1007/s40319-017-0660-4
Popis: Considering the weight given to exceptions and limitations in current intellectual property research, this paper endeavours to explore sui generis design rights from the standpoint of limitations to their scope of protection. This paper focuses on the current EU framework with insights from its travaux preparatoires, comparing it to several other legislations and international instruments. A primary assessment shows that these limitations have a reduced interference with the scope of protection, and stem from a copyright or patent approach to the hybrid subject matter of designs. This paper further explores situations where the interaction between the scope of design protection and its limitations to design rights triggers conflicts. It examines in particular the recent autonomous interpretation by the ECJ of the limitation authorising reproduction for the purpose of citation.
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