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DesignG-EN · 88 sections

Section 1Definitions Section 2Design protection Section 3Exclusion from design protection Section 4Components of complex products Section 5Disclosure Section 6Grace period for novelty Section 7Right in registered design Section 8Formal entitlement Section 9Claims against non-entitled persons Section 10Citation of designer Section 11Application Section 12Multiple applications Section 13Date of filing Section 14Foreign priority Section 15Exhibition priority Section 16Examination of application Section 17Further processing of application Section 18Grounds for non-registrability Section 19Keeping of Register, registration and design information Section 20Publication Section 21Deferment of publication Section 22Inspection of Register Section 22aData protection Section 23Procedural provisions, appeal and appeal on points of law Section 24Legal aid Section 25Electronic conduct of proceedings, authorisation to issue statutory instruments Section 26Authorisation to issue statutory instruments Section 27Accrual and term of protection Section 28Renewal Section 29Succession in title Section 30Rights in rem, levy of execution, insolvency proceedings Section 31Licensing Section 32Design application Section 33Invalidity Section 34Entitlement to institute invalidity proceedings Section 34aInvalidity proceedings before German Patent and Trade Mark Office Section 34bSuspension Section 34cIntervention in invalidity proceedings Section 35Partial maintenance Section 36Cancellation Section 37Object of protection Section 38Rights conferred by registered design and scope of protection Section 39Presumption of legal validity Section 40Limitation of rights conferred by registered design Section 40aRepairs clause Section 41Right of prior use Section 42Removal, cessation and desistance, and damages Section 43Destruction, recall and release Section 44Liability of owner of enterprise Section 45Compensation Section 46Information Section 46aProduction and inspection Section 46bSecuring claims for damages Section 47Publication of judgment Section 48Exhaustion Section 49Limitation Section 50Claims under other statutory provisions Section 51Criminal provisions Section 52Design litigation cases Section 52aAssertion of invalidity Section 52bCounterclaim for determination or declaration of invalidity Section 53Place of jurisdiction for claims under this Act and under the Act Against Unfair Competition Section 54Reduction of value in dispute Section 55Seizure on import or export Section 56Confiscation, objection Section 57Jurisdictions, appellate remedies Section 57aProcedure under Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 Section 58Domestic representative Section 59Arrogation of registered design Section 60Registered designs under Extension Act Section 61Typographic typefaces Section 62Forwarding of application Section 62aApplication of provisions of this Act to Community designs Section 63Community design litigation Section 63aCommunication to European Commission Section 63bTerritorial jurisdiction of Community design courts Section 63cInsolvency proceedings Section 64Order for enforcement Section 65Punishable infringement of Community design Section 66Application of this Act Section 67Filing of international application Section 68Forwarding of international application Section 69Examination of grounds for non-registrability Section 70Subsequent withdrawal of protection Section 71Effect of international registration Section 72Applicable law Section 73Limitations of rights Section 74Transitional provisions relating to the Act to Modernise the Design Act (Geschmacksmustergesetz) and to Amend the Regulations on Notifications of Exhibition Protection (Gesetz zur Modernisierung des Geschmacksmustergesetz sowie zur Änderung der Regelungen über die Bekanntmachungen zum Ausstellungsschutz)

Section 50

Claims under other statutory provisions

Claims under other statutory provisions remain unaffected.

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