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Act No. 15 of March 14, 2003, Relating to Design Protection, Norway

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Designs Act, amended up to March 1, 2023

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Year of Version 2023 Dates Amended up to: March 1, 2023 Entry into force: May 1, 2003 Published: March 14, 2003 Type of Text Main IP Laws   Subject Matter Industrial Designs Subject Matter (secondary) Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, IP Regulatory Body Notes This consolidated version of the Designs Act (Act No. 15 of March 14, 2003, relating to Design Protection) takes into account amendments up to the following Acts:
- Act No. 122 of June 18, 2021, on Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Act, etc. (Active Case Management, etc.), which entered into force on different dates. (The amendments introduced by this amending Act No. 122 to this consolidated version of the Trademarks Act entered into force on July 1, 2022).
- Act No. 67 of June 12, 2020, on Amendments to the Trade Marks Act and the Customs Act, etc. (Implementation of New Trademark Directive etc.), which entered into force on different dates. (The amendments introduced by this amending Act No. 67 to this consolidated version of the Trademarks Act entered into force on March 1, 2023, which makes this consolidated version issued and amended up to March 1, 2023, and its year of version as of 2023).


Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Norwegian Lov-2003-03-14-15 om beskyttelse av design (designloven, frem til 01.07.2019) PDF
Legislation Supersedes (5 text(s)) Supersedes (5 text(s))
Act No. 15 of March 14, 2003, Relating to Design Protection(NO182)
Designs Act (Act No. 15 of March 14, 2003, Relating to Design Protection) (consolidated version of 2015)(NO137)
Designs Act (Act No. 15 of March 14, 2003, Relating to Design Protection) (consolidated version of 2014)(NO102)
Designs Act (Act No. 15 of March 14, 2003, relating to Design Protection) (consolidated version of 2010)(NO082)
Designs Act (Act No. 15 of March 14, 2003, relating to Design Protection)(NO055)
 Is amended by (4 text(s)) Is amended by (4 text(s))
Act No. 67 of June 12, 2020 (NO188)
Act No. 122 of June 18, 2021 (NO189)
Act No. 49 of June 21, 2019, on Amendments to the Patents Act, etc. (Simplification) (NO179)
Patent Board Act (Act No. 58 of June 22, 2012, on the Board of Appeals of the Norwegian Industrial Property Office) (NO121)
Is implemented by (2 text(s)) Is implemented by (2 text(s))
Regulations No. 333 of March 26, 2014, relating to Payments, etc. to the Norwegian Industrial Property Office and the Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights (consolidated version, status as at August 1, 2017) (NO158)
Designs Regulations (Regulations No. 418 of April 4, 2003, to the Designs Act) (consolidated version of 2014) (NO097)
Treaties
Historical Versions Repeals (2 text(s)) Repeals (2 text(s))
Designs Act (Act No. 33 of May 29, 1970) (consolidated version of 1997) (NO046)
Act No. 82 of December 22, 1995, on Amendments to the Legislation on Industrial Property (Extract) (NO012)

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