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Act on the Modernization of the Industrial Design Act and Amendments to the Rules on the Notices Concerning the Protection of Exhibition, Germany

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Year of Version 2014 Dates Adopted: October 10, 2013 Type of Text Main IP Laws Subject Matter Industrial Designs Notes In accordance with Article 7 of this Act, relating to the date of entry into force, it entered into force on January 2, 2014, on the first day of the third month commencing after its publication in the Federal Law Gazette, except for Article 4, paragraphs 2 to 5, which entered into force on October 17, 2013, on the day following its publication.

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) German Gesetz zur Modernisierung des Geschmacksmustergesetzes sowie zur Änderung der Regelungen über die Bekanntmachungen zum Ausstellungsschutz PDF HTML
Legislation Amends (6 text(s)) Amends (6 text(s))
Act on the Protection of Trade Marks and other Signs (DE309)
Criminal Code (as amended up to Act of December 4, 2022) (DE291)
Act on Costs of the German Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Patent Court (Patent Costs Act, as amended up to Act of August 30, 2021) (DE300)
Act on the Legal Protection of Designs  (DE294)
Patent Act (as amended up to Act of 30 August 2021) (DE284)
Utility Models Act (as amended up to Act of April 13, 2017) (DE235)

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