Europa gaat internationaal

Persbericht EU Commissie over koppeling Gemeenschapsmodellen en Internationale modellen:  ”Industrial property: Commission adopts necessary measures for linking EU design registration system with WIPO international system.

The European Commission adopted two Regulations which are necessary to give effect to the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs. The adoption follows the Council's approval of the EC accession to the international design registration system of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) on 18 December 2006. The EC accession will allow EU companies, with a single application, to obtain protection of a design not only throughout the EU with the Community Design, but also in the countries which are members of the Geneva Act.

Internal Market and Services Commissioner Charlie McCreevy said: "The new legislation will make it possible for European business to safeguard their design rights globally with less bureaucracy and reduced costs. I expect that the new system can become operational in the EU by 1 January 2008."

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