Another brick in the wall - There is no special treatment for LEGO bricks under EU design law

The Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) has once again been asked to clarify the contours of design protection under the Community Design Regulation (‘CDR’; now EU Design Regulation), this time in relation to one of the most famous modular products in the world: the LEGO bricks. In its recent decision in LEGO (C-211/24), the CJEU confirmed that LEGO bricks do not benefit from any