Design Act – Amendments to the existing legal position

Since 01.01.2014 the Law on the Legal Protection for Design ( Design Act, dated 10.10.2013) has been in force and thus has replaced the present Law on design patent. In addition to the terminological change of “design patents” as industrial property rights in “designs”, the application for a declaration of invalidity with the German Patent and Trademark Office (§ 34 Design Act) was implemented. This…