(1) Legal protection is granted under this Act to all typographic typefaces registered in accordance with Article 2 of the Typefaces Act (Schriftzeichengesetz) in the version applicable until midnight on 1 June 2004, unless otherwise provided under subsections (2) to (5).
(2) The provisions on the conditions of protectability continue to apply to applications filed before midnight on 31 May 2004 in accordance with Article 2 of the Typefaces Act in the version applicable on that date.
(3) Rights conferred by registered designs may not be exercised in respect of acts which were begun before 1 June 2004 and which the holder of the typographic typeface could not have prohibited under the provisions applicable on that date.
(4) Until such time as the typefaces referred to in subsection (1) are registered, their protective effects are determined by the Typefaces Act in the version applicable until midnight on 31 May 2004.
(5) In derogation from section 28 (1) sentence 1, renewal fees are payable only from the 11th year of the term of protection to maintain the term of protection for the typefaces referred to in subsection (1).