Intellectual Property Magazine
Design developments
D Young& Co’s William Burrell and Yvonne Stone provide a rundown of some of thisyear’s principal design cases
William Burrell and Yvonne Stone, D Young & Co
One of the key verdictsthis year was that of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s(CJEU)decision between Brompton Bicycle Ltd v Chedech/Get2Get,
1in the context of folding bicycles. The decision reiterated that in the contextof functional designs, copyright may also subsist
where the work (design)maintained originality – specifically in that it is the author’s ownintellectual creation; and that
the author’s creation is expressed.