1 December 2012Jurisdiction reportsJens Künzel

Interpretation of community designs - the 'decanter' case

Sometimes the images that the applicant for a desIgn right submits do not disclose the subject matter of the desIgn as clearly as one might hope. They sometimes even show different objects, or objects in different situations. A case like this came before Germany's Federal Supreme Court, which the court decided with a judgment rendered in March 2012.

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