Rowing machine ruling sends ripples across UK design sector
Key test case examined the copyright protection of 3D-functional designs with implications for design sector | Designers left with “unsatisfactory decision” and “uncertain state”, says lawyer | English law at odds with EU case law on “artistic works”.
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