Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature |
| Date of Text | Title |
|---|
| July 16, 1998 | Second Law to Amend the Patent Law and other Laws |
| July 19, 1996 | Law of 1996 Amending the Trade Mark Law |
| October 25, 1994 | Law on the Protection of Trademarks and other Signs (as amended December 22, 2010) |
| April 23, 1992 | Law on the Extension of Industrial Property Rights (Extension Law) |
| August 18, 1976 | Law Concerning the Fees of the Patent Office and the Patent Court |
| September 9, 1965 | Law on Copyright and Related Rights (as amended December 17, 2008) |
IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature |
| Date of Text | Title |
|---|
| July 19, 2002 | Law on Further Reform of Stock Corporation Law and Accounting Law and on Transparency and Disclosure (Transparency and Disclosure Law) |
| December 17, 1999 | Law to Amend the Law to Reform the Professional Law of Attorneys-at-Law and Patent Attorneys |
| June 22, 1998 | Law to Reform the Law relating to Merchants and Firms and to Amend other Provisions of Commercial and Company Law (Commercial Law Reform Law) |
| December 22, 1997 | Law to Reform Arbitration Proceedings (Arbitration Proceedings Reform Law) (Excerpt) |
Implementing Rules/Regulations |
| Date of Text | Title |
|---|
| April 9, 2009 | Notice in respect of The Patent Centres Authorised to Receive Applications for Patents, Utility Models, Trade Marks And Designs (published on April 9, 2009 by the the Federal Ministry of Justice in the Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 815) |
| October 15, 2008 | Regulation Amending the Trademark Regulation and other Regulations |
| May 11, 2004 | Regulation on the Execution of the Trademark Law (Trademark Regulations) (as amended by Regulation of December 6, 2010) |
| December 13, 2001 | Law to Revise the Rules on Costs in the Field of Intellectual Property |
| July 20, 1999 | Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trade Marks and other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of April 14, 1999, Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 767) |
| July 15, 1999 | Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trade Marks and Other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of May 21, 1999, Federal Law Gazette Part I, p. 1095) |
| May 21, 1999 | Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trade Marks and Other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of April 14, 1999, Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 767) |
| April 14, 1999 | Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trademarks and other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of November 27, 1998, Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 3538) |
| December 21, 1998 | Third Order Amending the Trademark Regulations |
| September 23, 1998 | Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trademarks and other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of July 10, 1998, Federal Law Gazette Part I, p. 1870) |
| July 10, 1998 | Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trade Marks and other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of May 20, 1998, Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 1216) |
| March 23, 1998 | Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trade Marks and Other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of 23 September 1997, Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 2462) |
| September 23, 1997 | Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trade Marks and Other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of March 10, 1997, Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 551) |
| March 10, 1997 | Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trade Marks and other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of August 27, 1996, Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 1358) |
| August 27, 1996 | Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trade Marks and other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of 13 May 1996, Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 747) |
| November 30, 1994 | Regulation Concerning the Implementation of the Trademark Law |
| October 15, 1991 | Order on the Administrative Costs of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office |
| October 15, 1991 | Regulation Concerning the Payment of Fees to the German Patent Office and the Federal Patent Court (as amended October 31, 1998) |
