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industrial design right
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Under German law, the registered design (), formerly called '''' ("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.
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Under German law, the registered design (), formerly called '''' ("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 patent Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt – German Patent and Trade Mark Office Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs – an EU Directive Gebrauchsmuster – German utility model Trade dress
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