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A design shall be refused registration, or, if the design has been registered, the design right shall be declared invalid: if the design is not a design within the meaning of Article l(a); or if it does not fulfil the requirements of Articles 3 to 8; or if the applicant for or the holder of the design right is not entitled to it under the law of the Member State concerned; or if the design is in conflict with a prior design which has been made available to the public after the date of filing of the application or, if priority is claimed, the date of priority, and which is protected from a date prior to the said date by a registered Community design or an application for a registered Community design or by a design right of the Member State concerned, or by an application for such a right.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.