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Act on the Legal Protection of Designs and Models (Design Act, as amended up to Act of August 31, 2013), Germany

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Year of Version 2014 Dates Entry into force: June 1, 2004 Promulgated: March 12, 2004 Type of Text Main IP Laws   Subject Matter Industrial Designs Subject Matter (secondary) Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, IP Regulatory Body, Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets), Competition Notes Section 17 of the 'Act of August 31, 2013, on Amendments of Legal Aid and Assistance with Court Costs', which came into force on January 1, 2014, amends Section 24 entitled 'Legal Assistance on Procedural Costs” of the Design Act; where the words “paragraphs 2-3, 5 of Section 130 and Sections 133-138” shall be replaced with the words “paragraphs 2-3 of Section 130, Sections 133-135, paragraph 1 of Section 136, and Sections 137-138”.

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) German Gesetz über den rechtlichen Schutz von Mustern und Modellen (Geschmacksmustergesetz -GeschmMG, geändert am 31. August 2013) PDF HTML
Legislation Supersedes (1 text(s)) Supersedes (1 text(s))
Act on the Legal Protection of Designs (as amended up to Act of July 31, 2009)(DE130)
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Act on the Legal Protection of Designs  (DE294)
Act on the Legal Protection of Designs (Design Act, as amended up to Act of July 17, 2017) (DE231)
Act on the Legal Protection of Designs (Design Act, as amended up to Act of May 12, 2017) (DE230)
Act on the Legal Protection of Designs (Design Act, as amended up to Act of April 4, 2016) (DE225)
Act on the Legal Protection of Designs (Design Act, as amended up to Act of October 19, 2013) (DE155)


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