USM Haller II – Copyright protection for a furniture system? Maybe! By Marcel Pemsel on Thursday, July 23, 2026 copyright Marcel Pemsel MIO originality USM Haller works of applied art +
[Guest Post] Music to my ears: Copyright protection of iconic guitars and other works of applied art By Marcel Pemsel on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 copyright Federica Pezza Fender Guest post rubik's cube Swiss hang works of applied art +
CJEU broadly follows AG and recognizability approach in Mio/konektra judgment By Eleonora Rosati on Friday, December 05, 2025 CJEU copyright Copyright infringement copyright subsistence Eleonora Rosati konektra C-795/23 Mio C-580/23 originality works of applied art +
[Guest post] The Birkenstock saga continues: Dutch court acknowledges copyright protection in sandal designs By Eleonora Rosati on Sunday, November 23, 2025 Birkenstock Brompton Bycicle Cofemel copyright Guest post infringement Mio/konektra Netherlands originality Spyros Sipetas works of applied art +
The upcoming Mio/konektra judgment: What the CJEU should decide regarding the copyright infringement test By Eleonora Rosati on Thursday, September 18, 2025 CJEU Cofemel copyright Eleonora Rosati Funke Medien Infopaq infringement infringement test konektra C-795/23 Kwantum Mio C-580/23 originality recognizability works of applied art +
[Guest post] Dutch court grants pan-European copyright injunction against Tripp Trapp chair look-a-like By Eleonora Rosati on Monday, July 28, 2025 C-580/23 C-795/23 copyright gues post Jan Jacobi Margot Vergeest Mio/konektra Netherlands Tripp Trapp works of applied art +
Of tables and other furniture: AG Szpunar advises CJEU on originality (but also proposes adoption of recognizability test for infringement) By Eleonora Rosati on Thursday, May 08, 2025 AG Szpunar C-580/23 C-795/23 CJEU copyright designs Eleonora Rosati infringement konektra MIO originality works of applied art +
CJEU rules on vertical direct effect of InfoSoc Directive and allows national courts to disapply incorrect national transpositions By Eleonora Rosati on Sunday, December 08, 2024 C-230/23 CJEU copyright direct effect directives DSM Directive Eleonora Rosati EU law harmonization InfoSoc Directive private copying Reprobel reprography works of applied art +
[Guest post] Muddying the waters of copyright – a rapid reaction to today’s IPEC decision which sees the sinking of the WaterRower’s claims for copyright protection By Eleonora Rosati on Monday, November 11, 2024 Cofemel copyright designs Louise Sargent Phil Sherrell Shiv Gupta UK WaterRower works of applied art works of artistic craftmanship +
CJEU rules that EU Member States cannot set their own reciprocity clauses under the Berne Convention By Eleonora Rosati on Monday, October 28, 2024 Berne Convention CJEU Cofemel copyright designs Eleonora Rosati Flos Infopaq Kwantum originality reciprocity works of applied art +