Afghanistan

No design laws

Albania

Industrial Design

A, G

15 yrs

unknown

Algeria

Design Registration

L, G

10 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Andorra

No design laws

Angola

Industrial Model; Industrial Design

A

No set term

single design registration only

Anguilla

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Anguilla.

Antigua and Barbuda

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Antigua and Barbuda.

Argentina

Design Registration

A

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable

ARIPO

Industrial Design Registration

L

See states

See states

Armenia

Industrial Design Patent

L

15 yrs

single design only (unity of industrial design)

Aruba

No design laws

Australia

Design Registration

A

10 yrs

multiple designs registrable in a single class

Austria

Design Registration

A

25 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Azerbaijan

Design Registration

A

15 yrs

unknown

Bahamas

Registered Design

A

15 yrs

single design registration only

Bahrain

Registration of Foreign Design

F

15 yrs

unknown

Bangladesh

Registered Design

L

15 yrs

single design registration only

Barbados

Industrial Design

A

15 yrs

unknown

Belarus

Design Patent

A

15 yrs

unknown

Belgium

see BX

see BX

Belize

Design Registration

A

15 yrs

single design registration only

Benelux

Design Registration

L

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Benin

See OA

See OA

Bermuda

L, B

see GB

see GB

Bhutan

No design laws

Bolivia

Design Registration

A

10 yrs

single design registration only

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Industrial Design

?

10 yrs

unknown

Botswana

Re-Registered GB or ZA Design

L, see GB, ZA

see GB, ZA

see GB, ZA

Brazil

Design Registration

A

25 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Brunei

see GB

L, B

see GB

see GB

Bulgaria

Industrial Design

L

10 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Burkina Faso

See OA

See OA

Burundi

Design Registration

L

1, 3, 5 yrs; indefinite

unknown

Cambodia

Industrial Design Registration

A, G

15 yrs

Yes

Cameroon

See OA

See OA

Canada

Industrial Design Registration

R, G

10 yrs

single article, set or variants

Cape Verde

Industrial Design Registration

A

25 yrs

No

Cayman Islands

No design laws

Central African Republic

See OA

See OA

Chad

See OA

See OA

Chile

Industrial Design Registration

A

10 yrs

unknown

China

Design Patent

A

10 yrs

multiple designs registrable as sets

Colombia

Industrial Design Registration

A

8 yrs

unknown

Comoros

See OA

See OA

Congo

See OA

See OA

Congo, Democratic Republic

Design Registration

L

15 yrs

unknown

Costa Rica

Industrial Design Registration

L

10 yrs

multiple designs registration

Côte d'Ivoire

See OA

See OA

Croatia

Industrial Design Registration

?

25 yrs

unknown

Cuba

Design Patent

A

10 yrs

unknown

Cyprus

Design Registration

L

25 yrs

see GB

Czech Republic

Design Patent

A

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable as sets

Denmark

Design Registration

A

25 yrs

multiple designs registrable as sets

Djibouti

Industrial Design Registration

A

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Dominica

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Dominica.

Dominican Republic

No design laws

East Timor

No design laws

Ecuador

Industrial Design Registration

A

10 yrs

single designs only

Egypt

Industrial Design Registration

not defined

15 yrs

unknown

El Salvador

Industrial Design Registration

L

10 yrs

unknown

Equatorial Guinea

See OA

See OA

Eritrea

No design laws

Estonia

Industrial Design Registration

?

15 yrs

unknown

Ethiopia

Industrial Design Registration

A, G

15 yrs

Yes

European Union

Community Design Registration

A

25 yrs

unknown

Falkland Islands

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Falkland Islands.

Fiji

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Fiji.

Finland

Design Registration

R (EU)

25 yrs

multiple designs registrable as sets

France

Industrial Design Registration

A

25 yrs

multiple designs registrable in the same class

Gabon

See OA

See OA

Gambia

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Gambia.

Gaza

Design Registration

L

15 yrs

unknown

Georgia

Industrial Design Registration

not defined

15 yrs

unknown

Germany

Industrial Design Registration

A

25 yrs

multiple designs registrable in one class

Gibraltar

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Gibraltar.

Ghana

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Ghana.

Greece

Design Registration

A, G

25 yrs

unknown

Grenada

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Grenada.

Guatemala

Industrial Design Registration

A, g

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable in one class

Guernsey

L, b

see GB

see GB

Guinea

See OA

See OA

Guinea-Bissau

See OA

See OA

Guyana

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Guyana.

Haiti

No design laws

Honduras

Industrial Design Registration

A

15yrs

unknown

Hong Kong

unknown

unknown

Hungary

Design Registration

L (EU)

25 yrs

unknown

Iceland

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

India

Design Registration

A

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable in one class, or as sets.

Indonesia

Design Registration

A, G

10 yrs

multiple designs registrable in one class

Iran

No design laws

Iraq

Industrial Design Registration

A

7 yrs

unknown

Ireland

(Industrial) Design Registration

A, G

25 yrs

multiple designs registrable in one class

Isle of Man

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Isle of Man.

Israel

Design Registration

L

15 yrs

"composite" designs are registrable

Italy

Registration of Design or Model

A, G

25 yrs

multiple designs registrable in one class

Jamaica

(Industrial) Design Registration

A

15 yrs

single design only

Japan

Design Registration

A

20 yrs

multiple designs registrable as sets

Jersey

United Kingdom design registrations may be re-registered in Jersey.

Jordan

Design Registration

L

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Kazakhstan

A

15 yrs

unknown

Kenya

Industrial Design Registration

not defined

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Kiribati

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Kiribati.

Korea (north)

Industrial Design Registration

L

5 yrs

unknown

Korea (south)

Design Patent

R, G

8 yrs

multiple designs registrable as sets

Kosovo

unknown

Kuwait

Registration of Industrial Design or Model

not defined

15 yrs

unknown

Kyrgyzstan

Industrial Design Patent

A

15 yrs

unknown

Laos

Industrial Design Certificate

A

15 yrs

multiple designs in the same class are registrable

Latvia

Industrial Design Registration

?

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Lebanon

Design Registration

A

50 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Lesotho

Design Registration

R, G

15 yrs

unknown

Liberia

No design laws

Libya

Industrial Design or Model Registration

not defined

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Liechtenstein

L (EU)

25 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Lithuania

Design Registration

A

15 yrs

unknown

Luxembourg

See BX

See BX

Macau

Industrial Designs and Models

A

25 yrs

Macedonia

Design Registrations; Models

L, G

25 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Madagascar

No design laws

Malawi

Design Registration

L

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable as sets

Malaysia

Industrial Design Registration

L, G

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable in the same class or as sets

Maldives

?

unknown

unknown

Mali

See OA

See OA

Malta

Design Registration

A

15 yrs

single design registration only

Marshall Islands

?

unknown

unknown

Mauritania

See OA

See OA

Mauritius

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Mauritius.

Mexico

Industrial Design Registration

A

15 yrs

single design registration only

Micronesia

No design laws

Moldova

?

15 yrs

unknown

Monaco

Design Registration

A

50 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Mongolia

Design Patent

R

10 yrs

unknown

Montenegro

Industrial Design Registration

A

25 yrs

unknown

Montserrat

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Montserrat.

Morocco

Industrial Design Registration

A

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Mozambique

Industrial Design Registration

A

7 yrs

unknown

Myanmar

No design laws

Namibia

Design Registration

R

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable as sets

Nauru

No design laws

Nepal

Design Registration

L

15 yrs

unknown

Netherlands

See BX

See BX

Netherlands Antilles

See Caribbean Netherlands (BQ)

New Zealand

Design Registration

L

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable as sets

Nicaragua

Industrial Design Registration

A

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable in the same class

Niger

See OA

See OA

Nigeria

Design Registration

A

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable in the same class

Norway

Design Registration

A

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable in the same class

OAPI

Design Registration

L

15 yrs

Tuesday, 16 September 2008

unknown

Oman

Design Registration

A

20 yrs

multiple designs registrable as a unit

Pakistan

Design Registration

A

30 yrs

multiple designs registrable as sets

Palau

No design laws

Panama

Design Registration

A

15 yrs

unknown

Papua New Guinea

Industrial Design Registration

A, G

15 yrs

single design registration only

Paraguay

Registered Design or Model

A

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Peru

Industrial Design Registration

A

10 yrs

single design registration only

Philippines

Design Registration

A

15 yrs

multiple designs of the same concept and in the same class are registrable

Poland

Design Registration

A

10 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Portugal

Industrial Design or Model Registration

A

25 yrs

single design registration only

Qatar

No design laws

Romania

Design Registration

A

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Russia

Industrial Design Registration

A

15 yrs

single design registration only

Rwanda

Industrial Design Registration

?

10 yrs

multiple designs appear to be registrable

Saint Helena

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Saint Helena and her dependancies.

Saint Kitts and Nevis

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Saint Lucia

Industrial Design Registration

A

15 yrs

unknown

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Samoa

Industrial Design Registration

A

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable

San Marino

Italian design registrations extend automatically to San Marino.

São Tomé et Príncipe

Industrial Design Registration

A

15 yrs

unknown

Saudi Arabia

No design laws

Senegal

See OA

See OA

Serbia

Design or Model Registration

A

25 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Seychelles

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Seychelles.

Sierra Leone

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Sierra Leone.

Singapore

Design Registration

A

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Slovakia

Industrial Design Registration

A

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable in the same class

Slovenia

Industrial Design Registration

A

25 yrs

multiple designs registrable in the same class

Solomon Islands

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Solomon Islands.

Somalia

No design laws

South Africa

Design Registration

A

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable in the same class

South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

No design laws

South Sudan

No design laws

Spain

Design Registration

A

25 yrs

multiple designs registrable in the same class

Sri Lanka

Industrial Design Registration

A

15 yrs

unknown

Sudan

No design laws

Suriname

unknown

unknown

unknown

unknown

Swaziland

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Swaziland.

Sweden

Design Registration

L (EEA)

25 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Switzerland

Design Registration

L

25 yrs

multiple designs registrable in the same class

Syria

Design Registration

A

15 yrs

multiple designs of the same kind registrable

Taiwan

Design Patent

A

12 yrs

single design registration only

Tajikistan

?

15 yrs

unknown

Tanganyika

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Tanganyika.

Tanzania

S

See separate states

unknown

Thailand

Design Patent

R

10 yrs

must relate to a design for use with only one kind of product

Togo

See OA

See OA

Tonga

Industrial Design Registration

A

15 yrs

single design registration only, but may be used for more than one product

Trinidad and Tobago

Design Registration

A

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable as sets

Tunisia

Design Registration

none

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable

Turkey

Design Registration

A

25 yrs

multiple designs registrable in the same sub-class or as sets

Turkmenistan

?

20 yrs

unknown

Turks & Caicos Islands

unknown

unknown

Tuvalu

United Kingdom design registrations may be re-registered in Tuvalu.

Uganda

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Uganda.

Ukraine

Industrial Design Patent

A

15 yrs

multiple designs and variants thereof registrable as sets

United Arab Emirates

Industrial Design or Model Registration

A

15 yrs

unknown

United Kingdom

Design Registration

L (EEA)

25 yrs

multiple designs registrable as sets

United States of America

Design Patent

R

14yrs

multiple designs registrable

Uruguay

Industrial Design and Model Patent

A, G

15 yrs

unknown

Uzbekistan

15 yrs

unknown

Vanuatu

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Vanuatu.

Vatican City

No design laws

Venezuela

Design Registration

A

10 yrs

unknown

Vietnam

Design Registration

A

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable as sets or different embodiments of one design

Wallis and Futuna

unknown

unknown

West Bank

Design registrations may be based on Jordanian law.

Western Sahara

unknown

Yemen

Industrial Design Registration

A

15 yrs

unknown

Yugoslavia

See Serbia

Zaire

See Congo, Democratic Republic

Zambia

Design Registration

L

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable as sets

Zanzibar

United Kingdom design registrations extend automatically to Zanzibar.

Zimbabwe

Design Registration

R

15 yrs

multiple designs registrable as sets

Thursday, 6 February 2014