o:4321 Protection of Design in the Textile Industry in Order to Improve the Economic Aspect of Sustainable Development of Serbia—Comparative Overview of the Laws of the European Union and Croatia en Abstract: The authors analyze the protection of industrial design in Serbia, with a comparative overview of the rights of the European Union (EU) and Croatia in industrial property law. In addition to the protection of registered design, the protection of unregistered design within the framework of industrial design rights is characteristic of the EU. The unregistered design is acquired without a formal registration procedure, an appropriate disclosure of public design in the EU area. Based on analogy, an initial premise can be established, whereby, after Serbia’s entering into the EU, as well as after joining the EU, physical and legal persons from Serbia will have at their disposal several different forms of industrial design protection and unregistered community design. This form of design protection can be significant for the fashion industry in Serbia characterized by a constant dynamic design change. Keywords: comparative overview; Croatia; European integration; registered design; Serbian textile industry; unregistered design 1552101 2071-1050 1552099 10.3390/su11072126 2024-04-12T06:28:17.769Z 44 yes 46 Nadežda Ljubojev University of Novi Sad, Technical Faculty “Mihajlo Pupin” Zrenjanin; Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Tehnički fakultet “Mihajlo Pupin” Zrenjanin 0000-0001-9991-6702 46 Marijana Dukić Mijatović University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Ekonomski fakultet u Subotici 2367847 0000-0003-1327-0889 46 Mila Zakin Kavalić University of Novi Sad, Technical Faculty “Mihajlo Pupin” Zrenjanin; Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Tehnički fakultet “Mihajlo Pupin” Zrenjanin 0000-0001-7053-2334 Sanja Stanisavljević University of Novi Sad, Technical Faculty “Mihajlo Pupin” Zrenjanin; Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Tehnički fakultet “Mihajlo Pupin” Zrenjanin person 0000-0003-3565-2597 Mirjana Cvijić Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad; Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Fakultet tehničkih nauka person 81169673 0000-0003-2554-1287 application/pdf 218199 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:4321 no yes 16 70 92000001 211A01 Sustainability 11 7 2126 2137 2019