{"id":6965,"date":"2025-04-28T14:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T06:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accoladeip.com\/ca\/?p=6965"},"modified":"2025-05-13T16:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T08:23:59","slug":"eu-design-reform-2025-critical-updates-for-applicants-effective-2025-05-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.accoladeip.com\/ca\/en\/news\/eu-design-reform-2025-critical-updates-for-applicants-effective-2025-05-01\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Design Reform 2025: Critical Updates for Applicants (Effective: 2025\/05\/01)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCritical Updates for Applicants\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

(Effective: 2025\/05\/01)<\/h3>\n
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1<\/td>\nTerminology Standardization<\/td>\nCommunity Design\" renamed to \"EU Design\"\u200b\u200b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nProtection Symbol<\/td>\nNew registered design symbol \u24b9\u200b\u200b
\n(Similar to \u00ae trademarks)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nMulti-class Filing<\/td>\nSingle application covers multiple Locarno classes
\n(Original requirement: separate applications)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nDesigns per Application<\/td>\n50 designs per application
\n(Ideal for series products)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nDigital Coverage<\/td>\nNow protects:<\/p>\n

\u2705 Animations & GUIs
\n\u2705 Virtual environments
\n\u2705 Non-physical elements<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

6<\/td>\n3D Printing Infringement<\/td>\nIllegal acts include:
\n\u2022 Sharing 3D design files
\n\u2022 AI-generated replicas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nRepair Clause<\/td>\nSpare parts for repair
\nexcluded from protection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Disclaimer:
\nThis information is for general reference only and does not constitute legal advice. Please consult Accolade Consultants before acting on it.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u7de8\u8f2f 1 Terminology Standardization Community Design” renamed to “EU Design”\u200b\u200b 2 Protection Symbol New registered design symbol \u24b9\u200b\u200b (Similar to \u00ae trademarks) 3 Multi-class Filing Single application covers multiple Locarno classes (Original requirement: separate applications) 4 Designs per Application 50 designs per application (Ideal for series products) 5 Digital Coverage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-news","9":"post-with-thumbnail","10":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accoladeip.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accoladeip.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accoladeip.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accoladeip.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accoladeip.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6965"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.accoladeip.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7029,"href":"https:\/\/www.accoladeip.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6965\/revisions\/7029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accoladeip.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accoladeip.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accoladeip.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accoladeip.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}