Fashionably IP
Creativity and a designers freedom in EU Registered and Unregistered Designs: The Deity Shoes Advocate General Opinion
November 2025
Rebecca Field and Lee Curtis discuss the recent Opinion from Advocate General Emiliou in the Deity Shoes S.L. case. The case concerns whether fashion designs need ‘intellectual effort’ to benefit from EU Registered and Unregistered design protection and whether fashion trends impact the designer’s freedom when considering the validity of designs.


