Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/149882 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 17-007
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
Digital designs - that is, designs for display on electronic screens - have recently burst onto the intellectual property (IP) stage. While in the U.S. a smattering of legal studies have recently addressed the question of digital design as a copyright-, trademark- and patent-eligible subject matter, a European perspective is still lacking in the literature. This study provides an overview of basic legal background to the protection of digital designs in Europe, explores firms'actual digital design protection behaviors, and highlights some important practical and doctrinal issues that warrant further study
Subjects: 
digital designs
intellectual property
RCD
interviews
survey
JEL: 
K11
O31
O34
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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