Community design

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A Community design is a unitary industrial design right that covers the European Union. It has both unregistered and registered forms. The unregistered Community design (UCD) came into effect on 6 March 2002 and the registered Community design (RCD) was available from 1 April 2003.

The name community design was changed to European Union design (EU design) by Regulation (EU) 2024/2822.^[1] This change will take effect on 1 May 2025.^[1]