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Suthersanen, Uma --- "Function, art and fashion: do we need the EU design law?" [2013] ELECD 216; in Geiger, Christophe (ed), "Constructing European Intellectual Property" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013) 355

Book Title: Constructing European Intellectual Property

Editor(s): Geiger, Christophe

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781001639

Section: Chapter 17

Section Title: Function, art and fashion: do we need the EU design law?

Author(s): Suthersanen, Uma

Number of pages: 28

Abstract/Description:

It is well known that the meaning of ‘design’ is fiendishly difficult to contain. In English, the word ‘design’ functions as a noun, a verb and an adjective. It can refer to the ornamentation applied to an invention or the stylization of a sign, or to the three dimensional aspects of a product. A holistic approach would lead one to conclude that ‘design’ refers to the process or an evolutionary medium of creation rather than a finished product.