An International Perspective on Design Protection of Visible Spare Parts

Beldiman, Dana; Blanke-Roeser, Constantin

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54060-3

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“…The German Government decided to introduce a repair clause in German design law on 10 September 2020. 24 Outside the EU, the United States and Brazil have recently made attempts to introduce repair clauses (Beldiman and Blanke-Roeser, 2017).…”

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“…Since then, there exist a dual system in the EU whereby applicants can seek protection at the national and/or the EU level. 15 For a detailed discussion on the repair clause in European Design Law, we refer the reader to Beldiman andBlanke-Roeser (2015, 2017). means that, while the design of a front door can be protected in jurisdictions in which no repair clause exists, the design of a component part inside of the vehicle that is not visible under normal use (e.g., a radiator) is not protectable in the EU.…”

Section: Design Protection In the Eu Automotive Aftermarketmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Note that for price dispersion the full effect is shown . -2005,2007-2008, 2010,2013,2015-2016 Beldiman and Blanke-Roeser (2017). *The German Government decided to introduce a repair clause in German design law on 10 September 2020.…”

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The effect of design protection on price and price dispersion: Evidence from automotive spare parts

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Mejer

2021

International Journal of Industrial Organization

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The design right is a widely used but poorly understood intellectual property right that allows the protection of products' aesthetics and outer appearances. We study the influence of design right protection on price by exploiting cross-country differences in the scope of protection in the European automotive spare parts market: In some countries, repair parts are exempted from design protection, while in others they are not. Based on detailed price data, our difference-in-differences estimates imply that design protection increases prices by about 5-8%, with large differences between carmakers. We then link our findings to the literature on deviations from the law of one price. We document large cross-country price deviations for identical spare parts and provide evidence that a part of these price deviations can be explained by the lack of harmonization of design right protection in combination with carmakers' pricing-to-market strategies.

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Section: Design Protection In the Eu Automotive Aftermarketmentioning

confidence: 99%