Federal Act
on the Protection of Designs
(Designs Act, DesA)

¹ Any per­son may in­spect the Re­gister, ob­tain in­form­a­tion on its con­tents and re­quest ex­tracts from it; Art­icle 26 re­mains re­served.

² In ad­di­tion, any per­son may in­spect the files of a re­gistered design. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may re­strict the right of in­spec­tion only if man­u­fac­tur­ing or trade secrets or oth­er over­rid­ing in­terests so re­quire.

³ Ex­cep­tion­ally, the files may be in­spec­ted pri­or to re­gis­tra­tion, in­so­far as the re­quire­ments and scope of pro­tec­tion (Art. 2−17) are not af­fected. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall reg­u­late the de­tails.