(1) If the applicant has displayed a design
1. at an official or officially recognised international exhibition falling within the terms of the Convention Relating to International Exhibitions signed in Paris on 22 November 1928 or
2. at another domestic or foreign exhibition,
then, if the application is filed within a period of six months following the first display, the applicant may claim a right of priority from that date.
(2) Notice of the exhibitions referred to in subsection (1) no. 1 is published by the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection in the Federal Gazette.
(3) The exhibitions within the meaning of subsection (1) no. 2 are determined in each individual case by the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection and notice thereof is published in the Federal Gazette.
(4) Any person who claims a priority as per subsection (1) is required to indicate, before the expiry of a period of 16 months following the date on which the design was first displayed, that date and the exhibition and to submit proof of that display. Section 14 (3) applies accordingly.
(5) The exhibition priority under subsection (1) does not extend the periods of priority specified in section 14 (1).