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

The dis­clos­ure of a design may not be in­voked against the hold­er of the right (right hold­er) dur­ing the 12 months pre­ced­ing the fil­ing date or pri­or­ity date if:

a.

a third party has dis­closed the design in an ab­us­ive man­ner to the det­ri­ment of the en­titled per­son;

b.

the per­son en­titled has dis­closed the design him­self.