Registered designs protect the appearance of industrially manufactured or manually crafted products, for example, clothes, furniture, vehicles, fabrics, decorative objects or graphical symbols. Parts of products can also be protected by a registered design, for example, the sole of a sports shoe or the cap of a writing instrument.<\/p>\n
Through a registered design the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) grants a limited monopoly on the appearance, that means the shape, pattern and colours of a product. The illustrations of the design filed together with the are essential since they determine the subject matter and scope of protection. Only those items are protected that are shown visibly in the illustrations.<\/p>\n
Companies or private individuals can apply for registered designs. Protection arises when the design is entered in the Design Register kept at the DPMA and the registered design provides protection for the whole of the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. The term of protection of a registered design lasts up to 25 years maximum from the filing date.<\/p>\n
As the holder of a registered design you have the exclusive right to use the design. You can prohibit any third party from using your design for making, selling or importing and exporting products. That means that as the holder of the design you can take action against any design that produces on an informed user the same overall impression as the registered design.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Designs registered at the DPMA are only valid in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. If you wish to protect your design in the member states of the European Union or in other countries, you can apply for a Europe-wide Community design or for international registration of your design.<\/p>\n
Design Act <\/a> (Designgesetz<\/i>) Registered designs under German law protect the appearance of your products Registered designs protect the appearance of industrially manufactured or manually crafted products, for example, clothes, furniture, vehicles, fabrics, decorative objects or graphical symbols. Parts of products can also be protected by a registered design, for example, the sole of a sports shoe or the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,142,147,144,149,145,143,150,148,146],"tags":[153,152,154,123,155,151],"class_list":["post-1385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemein","category-design-law","category-european-design","category-european-design-attorney","category-german-design-act","category-german-design-application","category-german-design-attorney","category-german-design-ordinance","category-international-design","category-registered-design","tag-design-attorney","tag-design-law","tag-european-design-application","tag-germany","tag-international-design-protection","tag-register-a-design"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paf1JR-ml","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2174,"url":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/registration-of-intellectual-property-rights-in-germany\/","url_meta":{"origin":1385,"position":0},"title":"Registration of Intellectual Property Rights in Germany","author":"horak Attorneys at law","date":"19. Februar 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Germany offers several types of intellectual property (IP) protection, including patents, utility models, trademarks, and designs. Each of these rights is registered through different procedures, with varying costs and legal requirements. 1. Patents (Patente) A patent grants its owner the exclusive right to use and commercialize an invention for a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Allgemein"","block_context":{"text":"Allgemein","link":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/allgemein\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2171,"url":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/types-of-patents-in-natural-and-engineering-sciences\/","url_meta":{"origin":1385,"position":1},"title":"Types of Patents in Natural and Engineering Sciences","author":"horak Attorneys at law","date":"12. Februar 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"1. Utility Patents a) Mechanical Engineering Utility patents in mechanical engineering protect new machines, devices, and manufacturing processes. Example: US Patent No. 6,000,000 covered an innovative way to assemble a bicycle chain more efficiently. Legal Considerations: Novelty and non-obviousness are key (35 U.S.C. \u00a7 102, 103). Functional aspects are emphasized\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "European Patent Application"","block_context":{"text":"European Patent Application","link":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/european-patent-application\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1387,"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions\/1387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDesign Ordinance<\/a> (in German<\/i>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"