EU Design Approach

Edited by Annette Kur, Professor, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (retired), Munich, Germany, Marianne Levin, Professor, Department of Law, Stockholm University, Sweden and Jens Schovsbo, dr.jur., PhD, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Center for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR), University of Copenhagen, Denmark

• Contents :Preface Annette Kur, Marianne Levin and Jens Schovsbo1. The Design Approach Revisited: Background and MeaningAnnette Kur and Marianne Levin2. The Design Approach in a Design Historical PerspectiveStina Theilmann-Lock3. The Harmonising Decisions from Luxembourg Marianne Levin4. Copyright protection for design creations Philipp Fabbio5. “Buy me because I’m cool”: the “marketing approach” and the overlap be-tween design, Trade mark and unfair competition law Ansgar Ohly6. Design Protection for Products That are “Dictated by Function” Graeme Dinwoodie and Jens Schovsbo7. The Design Approach and Procedural Practice – Mismatch or Smooth Transposition? Annette Kur8. From Law in the Books to Enforcement in Court: Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, and Sanctions Annette Kur9. Greeted with a Shrug: The Impact of the Community Design System on United States Law Stacy Dogan10. Legal Protection of Industrial Designs in ChinaC YIN Qile and ZHANG Weijun)11. Concluding Remarks and Perspectives Annette Kur, Marianne Levin and Jens Schovsbo)Index

‘The collection is a valuable resource of historical and comparative analysis - well written and most enjoyable also because of the authors’ colourful style and language. It is highly recommended not only to IP scholars and policymakers but also, and particularly, to practitioners in the EU and beyond.’