(1) The Register for Registered Designs is kept by the German Patent and Trade Mark Office.
(2) The German Patent and Trade Mark Office records the applicant’s particulars requiring registration in the Register without examining that applicant’s entitlement to file the application and the correctness of the particulars furnished in the application, and it determines which classes of goods are to be recorded.
(3) The German Patent and Trade Mark Office may transmit the particulars entered in the Register to third persons in electronic form for further processing or use for the purposes of providing design information. Such transmission is not made where inspection is ruled out under section 22 (3).