According to a press release by the EC, the proposals would allow companies, with a single application, to obtain protection of a design not only throughout the EU with the "Community Design" system, but also in the countries which are members of the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs.
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Internal Market and Services Commissioner Charlie McCreevy said: "These proposals will allow EU firms to safeguard valuable design rights with less bureaucracy while at the same time encouraging them to trade with third countries in the knowledge that their design rights are protected. I hope that the Council will now adopt these proposals as soon as possible."Full story here.
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