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Feb 04, 2014
Florian Traub, Squire Sanders (UK) LLP, United Kingdom
First published on Squire Sanders Technology & Intellectual Property Blog

Germany: New Design Act in force


Florian Traub, Squire Sanders (UK) LLP, United Kingdom, First published on Squire Sanders Technology & Intellectual Property BlogOn 1 January 2014, a new Design Act came into force in Germany. In a major change to the former system, the German legislator introduced design invalidity proceedings before the German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO). This will significantly reduce the costs of invalidity proceedings in Germany and thus provide easier access to such actions for small and medium sized entities. Under the previous system, it was not possible to submit an invalidity request regarding a German registered design directly with the GPTO read more