The CITMA & CIPA Community Designs Handbook

This new looseleaf provides a detailed description of the law and practice relating to designs law in the European Community.

It acts as a companion to Sweet & Maxwell's Community Trade Mark Handbook, and contains all the background materials and tools needed to understand and use the Community Design Regulation.

The work takes a 'how to' approach, taking the reader through all the various stages of registering a Community Design.

Each section begins with an executive summary and a content outline, followed by the detail.

The commentary is procedural-based, and also includes references to UK-specific and international considerations. * An authoritative guide to Community designs law, 'hand holding' the reader through the detailed procedure * Practical focus - every angle of practice and procedure is covered * Includes procedural checklists and case studies to aid understanding and compliance * Annual updates ensure readers are kept up to date with all developments are covered, e.g. new case law and OHIM procedural changes * An official ITMA/CIPA publication, with all the authority that signifies