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Main text(s) Main text(s) German Bundesgesetz vom 1990 über den Schutz von Mustern (Musterschutzgesetz - MuSchG) (zuletzt geändert durch das Bundesgesetz BGB1. I. Nr. 51/2023)     

Legislation Implements (5 text(s)) Implements (5 text(s))

• Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (EU230)
• Council Regulation (EC) No. 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community Designs (amended by Council Regulation No. 1891/2006 of 18 December 2006 amending Regulations (EC) No. 6/2002 and (EC) No. 40/94 to give effect to the Accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs) (EU063)
• Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (EU053)
• Directive No. 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs (EU037)
• Directive No. 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (EU188)

Supersedes (3 text(s)) Supersedes (3 text(s))

• Law on the Protection of Designs 1990 (AT144)
• Federal Law of June 7, 1990, on the Protection of Designs (Design Law 1990, as amended up to Federal Law published in the Federal Law Gazette I No. 151/2005 (BGBI.I No. 151/2005)) (AT101)
• Federal Act of June 7, 1990 on the Protection of Designs (Design Protection Act 1990) (AT014)

Is amended by (10 text(s)) Is amended by (10 text(s))

• Federal Law published in the Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I No. 51/2023  (AT183)
• Data Protection Adaptation Law 2018 published in the Federal Law Gazette BGBI.I No. 37/2018 (AT138)
• Federal Law on Amendments of the Law on Trademark Protection 1970, Law on Patents 1970, Law on Utility Models, Law on Semiconductor Protection, Law on Design Protection 1990 and Law on Patent Office Fees (BGBl. I No. 124/2017) (AT159)
• Federal Law on Amendments of the Law on Patents 1970, Law on Utility Models, Law on Trademark 1970, Law on Design Protection 1990 and Law on Patent Office Fees (BGBl. I No. 71/2016) (AT158)
• Patent and Trademark Law Amendment 2014 published in the Federal Law Gazette BGBI.I No. 126/2013 (AT157)
• Federal Law on Amendments of the Law Governing the Associations, Law on Media, Law on Food Safety and Consumer Protection, Law on Patents, Law on Trademark Protection 1970, Law on Semiconductor Protection, Law on Design Protection 1990 and Law on Utility Model Protection (BGBl. I No. 151/2005) (AT154)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Law on Patents 1970, Law Introducing Patent Treaties, Law on Utility Models, Law on Semiconductor Protection and Law on Plant Variety Protection 2001 (Biotechnology Directive - Implementation Amendment)  (AT152)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Law on Patents 1970, Law Introducing Patent Treaties, Law on Utility Models, Law on Protection Certificates 1996, Law on Semiconductor Protection, Law on Design Protection 1990, Law on Trademark Protection 1970, and Federal Law on Fees and Charges to be paid in the Patent Office (Law on Patent Office Fees - PAG ) (Patent Law and Fees Amendment 2004) (BGBl. I No. 149/2004) (AT151)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Law on Patents 1970, Law Introducing Patent Treaties, Law on Utility Models, Law on Protection Certificates, Law on Semiconductor Protection, Law on Trademark Protection 1970 and Law on Design Protection 1990 (Law on Euro Conversion in the Laws on Patents, Trademarks and Designs) (BGBl. I No. 143/2001) (AT150)
• Federal Law amending the Patent Attorneys Law and Design Protection Law 1990 (AT056)

Is implemented by (1 text(s)) Is implemented by (1 text(s))

• Regulation of the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs on the Implementation of the Patents Law 1970, the Utility Model Law, the Trademark Law 1970 and the Designs Protection Law 1990 (Patents, Utility Models, Trademarks and Designs Regulation) (AT030)