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Act on the Legal Protection of Designs, Germany

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Designs Act, amended up to Act of August 10, 2021

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Year of Version 2021 Dates Amended up to: August 10, 2021 Promulgated: March 12, 2004 Type of Text Main IP Laws   Subject Matter Industrial Designs Subject Matter (secondary) Patents (Inventions), Competition, Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, IP Regulatory Body Notes This consolidated version of the Design Act takes into account amendments up to the "Second Act of August 10, 2021, on Simplification and Modernization of the Patent Act", which was published on August 17, 2021, in the Federal Law Gazette I p. 3436 and entered into force on August 18, 2021. Section 10 of the said amending Second Act introduced amendements to § 22, § 26 and § 34a of this consolidated version.

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) German Gesetz über den rechtlichen Schutz von Design PDF English Act on the Legal Protection of Designs PDF HTML WTO Notifications Coversheet WTO Notifications Coversheet French Loi sur la protection juridique des dessins ou modèles PDF Spanish Ley de Protección Jurídica de Los Dibujos y Modelos PDF English Act on the Legal Protection of Designs PDF
Legislation Implements (2 text(s)) Implements (2 text(s))
Regulation (EU) No. 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1383/2003 (EU187)
Council Regulation (EC) No. 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs (EU118)
 Supersedes (6 text(s)) Supersedes (6 text(s))
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)
Act on the Legal Protection of Designs and Models (Design Act, as amended up to Act of August 31, 2013)(DE153)
Act on the Legal Protection of Designs (as amended up to Act of July 31, 2009)(DE130)
 Is amended by (6 text(s)) Is amended by (6 text(s))
Second Act to Simplify and Modernise Patent Law (DE308)
Act on Amendments to the Design Act and Other Provisions Related to Intellectual Property (DE280)
Act on the Amendments to the Design Act and Other Intellectual Property Acts (DE224)
Act on the Modernization of the Industrial Design Act and Amendments to the Rules on the Notices Concerning the Protection of Exhibition (DE174)
Act Revising Certain Provisions of Patent Act and Other Acts in the Field of Industrial Property Protection (DE175)
Act on the Simplification and Modernization of Patent Act (DE193)
Is implemented by (3 text(s)) Is implemented by (3 text(s))
Regulation on the Implementation of the Design Act (DE305)
Regulation on the German Patent and Trademark Office (as amended up to Ordinance of April 4, 2016) (DE243)
Regulation of January 2, 2014 for Further Modernization of the Design Act and Introduction of the Invalidity Procedure in Design Matters (DE198)
Treaties
Historical Versions Repeals (1 text(s)) Repeals (1 text(s))
Act Concerning Copyright in Industrial Designs (Designs Law) (DE012)
WTO Document Reference
IP/N/1/DEU/3
IP/N/1/DEU/D/2

WIPO Lex No. DE294