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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-71/article-15",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1998/71",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-71",
  "path": "article/15",
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  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Exhaustion of rights",
  "text": "The rights conferred by a design right upon registration shall not extend to acts relating to a product in which a design included within the scope of protection of the design right is incorporated or to which it is applied, when the product has been put on the market in the Community by the holder of the design right or with his consent.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1998/71/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:06.323059+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}