Art. 10 CDR : Scope of protection (informed user)
1. The scope of the protection conferred by a Community design shall include any design which does not produce on the informed user a different overall impression.
2. In assessing the scope of protection, the degree of freedom of the designer in developing his design shall be taken into consideration.
2. In assessing the scope of protection, the degree of freedom of the designer in developing his design shall be taken into consideration.
2 appeals
Judgment of 18 Oct 2012, C-101/11 (Herbert Neuman) 
Judgment of 20 Oct 2011, C-281/10 (PepsiCo)
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