# Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs, Article 10: Scope of protection

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The scope of the protection conferred by a supplementary unregistered design shall include any design which does not produce on the informed user a different overall impression.
2. In assessing the scope of protection, the degree of freedom of the designer in developing his design shall be taken into consideration.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/6/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-6/article-10
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