Declarations made by Contracting Parties under the 1999 Act and the Common Regulations under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act

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April 2013

(a) Article 4(1)(b) of the 1999 Act (prohibition of filing through the Office)

African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), Croatia, European Union, France, Latvia, Monaco, Montenegro, Slovenia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ukraine

(b) Article 5(2)(b)(i) of the 1999 Act (identity of the creator as additional mandatory content)

Romania

(c) Article 5(2)(b)(ii) of the 1999 Act (brief description as additional mandatory content)

Romania, Syrian Arab Republic

(d) Article 5(2)(b)(iii) of the 1999 Act (claim as additional mandatory content)

None

(e) Article 7(2) of the 1999 Act (individual fee in respect of a designation made under the 1999 Act and in respect of a renewal requested under the 1999 Act)

African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), European Union, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova

(f) Rule 36(1) (individual fee in respect of a designation made under the 1960 Act)

Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova

(g) Rule 12(3) (individual designation fee payable in two parts)

None

(h) Article 11(1)(a) of the 1999 Act (deferred publication for a period which is less than 30 months)

African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) (12 months), Croatia (12 months), Denmark (6 months), Estonia (12 months), Finland (6 months), Norway (6 months), Slovenia (12 months), Syrian Arab Republic (12 months)

(i) Article 11(1)(b) of the 1999 Act (no deferment of publication)

Hungary, Iceland, Monaco, Poland, Singapore, Ukraine

(j) Article 13(1) of the 1999 Act (requirement of unity of design)

Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Singapore, Syrian Arab Republic

(k) Article 14(3)(a) of the 1999 Act (prohibition of self-designation)

None

(l) Article 16(2) of the 1999 Act (no effect of change in ownership until specified statements or documents are received by the Office)

African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), Denmark

(m) Article 19(1) of the 1999 Act and/or Article 30(1) of the 1960 Act (common Office of several States)

Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands

(n) Rule 8(1) (special requirements concerning the applicant)

Finland, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland

(o) Rule 9(3)(a) (certain views of the design required)

None

(p) Rule 12(1)(c)(i) (level of standard designation fee – levels two and three)

Level two: Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine

Level three: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Finland, Georgia, Ghana, Iceland, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic

(q) Rule 13(4) (security clearance)

None

(r) Rule 18(1)(b) (extension to 12 months of the refusal period)

Finland, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey

(s) Rule 18(1)(c)(i) (date of effect of the international registration)

Spain, Turkey

(t) Article 17(3)(c) of the 1999 Act and Rule 36(2) (maximum duration of protection for industrial designs provided by the law of Contracting Parties to the 1999 Act and/or the 1960 Act of the Hague Agreement)¹

¹ The Contracting Parties not mentioned in this table have not yet communicated the information concerned to the International Bureau.