Darren Smyth presents to EPO examiners on registered design law and practice

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27 March 2012
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Partner Darren Smyth presented to a selected group of European Patent Office examiners in Munich on developments in European design law.

Darren’s talk at the EPO on 26 March concerned Registered Community Designs in particular. As well as an overview of the relevant law and key cases, the presentation analysed design protection in the digital space, the boundaries and overlap between design law and patent law, and looked at the ongoing litigation between Apple and Samsung.

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