Brussels, 01/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has sent a formal requests to Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland and Sweden to implement into their national law Directive on the legal protection of designs. Adopted in 1998, it was expected to be transposed on 28 October 2001. In particular the Directive: defines what constitutes a "design" have two months to reply before the Commission begins procedures to take them to the...