Geschmacksmuster

Under German law, the Geschmacksmuster ("aesthetic model") is a form of intellectual property 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

Design portal

• Design patent
• Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (German Patent and Trade Mark Office)
• EU Directive on the legal protection of designs
• Gebrauchsmuster (German utility model)

External links

• Designs at the Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (German Patent and Trade Mark Office)
• Deutsches Geschmacksmustergesetz (German Design Patent Law, in German)