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1. If the design has been registered, the design right shall be declared invalid in any of the following situations: the design is not a design within the meaning of Article 2, point (3); the design does not fulfil the requirements provided for in Articles 3 to 8; the design has been registered in breach of Article 13(1), point (c), or of Article 13(2); by virtue of a decision of the competent court or authority, the holder of the design right is not entitled to it under the law of the Member State concerned; the design is in conflict with a prior design which has been made available to the public prior to or after the date of filing of the application or, if priority is claimed, the date of priority of the design, and which is protected from a date prior to the date of filing of the application, or if priority is claimed, the date of priority of the design: by a registered EU design, or an application for a registered EU design subject to its registration; by a registered design right of the Member State concerned, or by an application for such a right subject to its registration; by a design right registered under international arrangements which have effect in the Member State concerned, or by an application for such a right subject to its registration; a distinctive sign is used in a subsequent design, and Union law or the law of the Member State concerned governing that sign confers on the right holder of the sign the right to prohibit such use; the design constitutes an unauthorised use of a work protected under the copyright law of the Member State concerned.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-16 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.