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Act on the Legal Protection of Designs (Design Act, as amended up to Act of May 12, 2017), Germany
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Year of Version
2017
Dates
Adopted:
March 12, 2004
Type of Text
Main IP Laws
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Patents (Inventions),
Industrial Designs,
Competition,
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets),
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws,
IP Regulatory Body
Notes
This consolidated version of the Design Act incorporates all the amendments up to the Act of May 12, 2017, on the Implementation of the Directive on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Amendments to Other Regulations on Legal Professions, which entered into force on May 18, 2017, on the day following its publication in the Federal Law Gazette, except for the provisions in paragraphs 2-5 of Article 20, which entered into force on different dates.
Article 16 of the said Act of May 12, 2017, which entered into force on May 18, 201, introduces amendments to Article 58 of this consolidated version:
- In paragraph (1) after the words “if he”, the words “within the country” are deleted, and after the words “as his representative who”, the words “is entitled” are added;
- Paragraph (2) is repealed;
- Former paragraphs (3) and (4) are renumbered as paragraphs (2) and (3).
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