22 June 2020CopyrightPenelope Thornton and Alastair Shaw

Brompton: is it bad news for the UK?

The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) handed down its highly-anticipated judgment in Brompton Bicycle v Get2Get on June 11, 2020, confirming that a partly functional shape is protectable by copyright. The decision adds to a line of CJEU case law harmonising the concept of “work” under EU copyright law, and raises questions about whether current UK copyright law on the protection for functional designs is compatible.

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