Brussels, 20/06/2014 (Agence Europe) - In order for a design or a model, whether or not it is registered, to be legally protected at EU level, it must have an individual character, which must be assessed by reference to specific, individualised and defined earlier designs, the Court of Justice of the EU states in a ruling (C-345/13) returned on Thursday 19 June in a dispute between a British fashion house (Karen Millen Fashion) and the Irish chain store, Dunnes Stores.
Dunnes Stores copied...