Great news for design right holders in Europe.  We have just heard from Peter Hedin (Observatory Operations and Projects, OHIM), who writes as follows:

"The Enforcement Database is a tool built upon TM-view and Design-view to help right holders to protect their rights against counterfeiting and piracy. In this respect, I would like to clarify one thing regarding the prerequisite to register an account. It is actually possible also to use a design as a base for your account provided that it is a Community design or a national design registered in a Member State that is part of Design-view. I reckon that the wording of our earlier communication may have been misleading in this respect.

We would be grateful if you could publish a corrective that clarifies this matter.

Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience".

Thanks so much, Peter -- this is most welcome news for us all!  And thanks for letting us know so quickly!