Article 81

Jurisdiction over infringement and validity The Community design courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction: for infringement actions and - if they are permitted under national law - actions in respect of threatened infringement of Community designs; for actions for declaration of non-infringement of Community designs, if they are permitted under national law; for actions for a declaration of invalidity of an unregistered Community design; for counterclaims for a declaration of invalidity of a Community design raised in connection with actions under (a).

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.