By Yasmine EDDAM
4 April 2025
Have you invested time, energy and creativity in developing a unique design for your product or its packaging? This is an essential first step. However, for this appearance to benefit from the specific legal protection offered by design law in France, it must meet well-defined legal criteria. Not all visual creations are automatically eligible, and understanding these requirements is fundamental before taking any steps to register with the Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle (INPI). Knowing these conditions not only allows you to assess the chances of success of your application, but also to anticipate possible challenges from competitors. Indeed, a registered design can always be challenged for invalidity if it turns out that it did not meet the required conditions from the outset. In this article, we take a closer look at the two fundamental criteria...
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