Under
German law
The law of Germany (), that being the modern German legal system (), is a system of civil law which is founded on the principles laid out by the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, though many of the most important laws, for example ...
, the registered design (), formerly called ("aesthetic model"),
is a form of
intellectual property
Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, co ...
that extends
industrial design rights over the visual design of objects that is not purely utilitarian. The term of a ''Geschmacksmuster'' is twenty-five years (§ 27 (2) GeschmMG), as it is for a
community design.
See also
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Design patent
In the United States, a design patent is a form of legal protection granted to the ornamental design of an article of manufacture. Design patents are a type of industrial design right. Ornamental designs of jewelry, furniture, beverage containers ...
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Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
The German Patent and Trade Mark Office (; abbreviation: DPMA) is the German national patent office, with headquarters in Munich, and offices in Berlin and Jena. In 2006 it employed 2556 people, of which about 700 were patent examiners.
Funct ...
'' – German Patent and Trade Mark Office
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Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs – an EU Directive
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Gebrauchsmuster
In German and Austrian patent laws, the ''Gebrauchsmuster'' (GebrM), also known as German utility model or Austrian utility model, is a patent-like, intellectual property right protecting inventions.
The Gebrauchsmuster is slightly different fro ...
'' – German utility model
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Trade dress
Trade dress is the characteristics of the visual appearance of a product or its packaging (or even the design of a building) that signify the source of the product to consumers. Trade dress is an aspect of trademark law, which is a form of intelle ...
References
Further reading
* Paul Maier, Martin Schlötelburg: ''Leitfaden Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster.'' Heymanns, Köln 2003, ISBN 3-452-25023-7.
* Jürgen M. Kunze: ''Das neue Geschmacksmusterrecht.'' Bundesanzeiger, Köln 2004, ISBN 3-89817-353-4.
* Thorsten Rehmann: ''Geschmacksmusterrecht.'' Beck, München 2004, ISBN 3-406-52275-0.
* Sven-Erik Braitmayer: ''Leitfaden nationales Geschmacksmuster.'' Heymanns, Köln 2004, ISBN 3-452-25744-4.
* Alexander Bulling, Angelika Langöhrig, Tillmann Hellwig: ''Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster.'' Heymanns, Köln 2004, ISBN 3-452-25402-X.
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* Kasper, Kay N. Geschmacksmusterrecht. BWV, Berliner Wiss.-Verlag, 2012.
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* Helmut Eichmann, Marcus Kühne: ''Designgesetz.'' 5. Auflage. Beck, München 2015, ISBN 978-3-406-65795-5.
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* Alexander Bulling, Angelika Langöhrig, Tillmann Hellwig: ''Geschmacksmuster. Designschutz in Deutschland und Europa mit USA, Japan, China und Korea.'' 4. Auflage. Heymanns, Köln 2017, ISBN 978-3-452-28148-7.
External links
Designsat the ''Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt'' (German Patent and Trade Mark Office)
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Deutsches Geschmacksmustergesetz(German Design Patent Law)
German intellectual property law
Industrial design
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