Chapter 9

1. Unless otherwise specified in this Regulation, the Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgements in Civil and Commercial Matters…

1. The Member States shall designate in their territories as limited a number as possible of national courts and tribunals of first and second…

The Community design courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction:

1. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation and to any provisions of the Convention on Jurisdiction and Enforcement applicable by virtue of…

1. A Community design court whose jurisdiction is based on Article 82(1), (2) (3) or (4) shall have jurisdiction in respect of acts of infringement…

1. An action or a counterclaim for a declaration of invalidity of a Community design may only be based on the grounds for invalidity mentioned in…

1. In proceedings in respect of an infringement action or an action for threatened infringement of a registered Community design, the Community…

1. Where in a proceeding before a Community design court the Community design has been put in issue by way of a counterclaim for a declaration of…

When it has become final, a judgment of a Community design court declaring a Community design invalid shall have in all the Member States the effects…

1. The Community design courts shall apply the provisions of this Regulation.

1. Where in an action for infringement or for threatened infringement a Community design court finds that the defendant has infringed or threatened…

1. Application may be made to the courts of a Member State, including Community design courts, for such provisional measures, including protective…

1. A Community design court hearing an action referred to in Article 81, other than an action for a declaration of non-infringement, shall, unless…

1. An appeal to the Community design courts of second instance shall lie from judgments of the Community design courts of first instance in respect…

1. Within the Member State whose courts have jurisdiction under Article 79(1) or (4), those courts shall have jurisdiction for actions relating to…

A national court which is dealing with an action relating to a Community design other than the actions referred to in Article 81 shall treat the…