Commercial Court Makes First Community Designs Ruling

June 2009

Commercial Court Makes First Community Designs Ruling. Article by Aoife Murphy and Robin Hayes published in the International Law Office Newsletter.

Karen Millen Ltd v Dunnes Stores was the first case in Ireland to be decided under EU Community Designs Regulation (6/2002), which provides for a three-year unregistered Community design right and came into force across the European Union in 2002.