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Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 583 consultation files tracked so far (42,224 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Register facts self-declared (snapshot 2 Sept 2026); cost bands are floors. Shared files are shared attention, not evidence of coordination.
What each said, in their own words
Their opening passages on the files they share, verbatim and in filing order. We do not summarize, compare, or characterize positions — read them at source.
The IP Federation represents IP intensive companies in the United Kingdom - a list of members is at: https://www.ipfederation.com/member-list/ The IP Federation supports the BusinessEurope position paper on compulsory licencing for crisis management submitted on 19 July 2023 and also available here: https://www.businesseurope.eu/publications/compulsory-licencing-crisis-management-businesseurope-position-paper
In principle, a lean, uniform, efficient system in the internal market is welcomed instead of a patchwork of 27 different procedures across Member States. If supply chains cannot offer the provision of necessary services and goods in case of crisis, regulatory instruments that can ensure this functioning are supported.
The IP Federation welcomes the opportunity to respond to the European Commission’s Inception Impact Assessment relating to Review of the Design Directive (“the Directive”) and Community Design Regulation (“the Regula¬tion”), which remains open until 12 January 2021.
The IP Federation represents the views of UK industry in intellectual property rights (IPR) policy and practice matters within the UK, Europe and internationally. A list of members is at: https://www.ipfederation.com/member-list/ The IP Federation welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commissions proposal for a directive (the Proposal) on the legal protection of designs (recast).
SMEunited welcomes the initiative by the European Commission to update EU design protection rules. For SMEunited, the updated rules bring breakthroughs in 3 particular areas: 1. Clarifying that designs developed as part of employment relationships belong to the employer, 2. Outlining administrative invalidity proceedings as a more cost-effective and easier alternative to court procedures and 3.
The IP Federation welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commissions proposal for a regulation (the Proposal) amending Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2246/2002.
SMEunited welcomes the initiative by the European Commission to update EU design protection rules. However, not all revisions and additions contribute to clearer and simpler rules for SMEs, e.g. limiting design strictly to visible components or delegating power in delicate matters such as appeal proceedings.
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