Ordinance
on the Protection of Designs
(Designs Ordinance, DesO)

¹ The IPI may re­mind the right hold­er entered in the Re­gister, or their rep­res­ent­at­ive, to pay the pub­lic­a­tion fee pri­or to the ex­piry of the de­fer­ment peri­od.²⁴

² If the pub­lic­a­tion of a two-di­men­sion­al design has been de­ferred in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 26 of the De­sA, and a spe­ci­men of the design has been sub­mit­ted in lieu of a rep­res­ent­a­tion, the IPI may is­sue a re­mind­er to the right hold­er entered in the Re­gister, or to their rep­res­ent­at­ive, to sub­mit at least one rep­res­ent­a­tion of the design.²⁵

³ In the case of mul­tiple ap­plic­a­tions (Art. 20 De­sA), pro­tec­tion may, on re­quest, be re­newed for in­di­vidu­al designs after ex­piry of the de­fer­ment peri­od.

⁴ If the pub­lic­a­tion fee is not paid by the last day of the de­fer­ment peri­od, or if the re­quired rep­res­ent­a­tions are not sub­mit­ted two months at the latest pri­or to ex­piry of the de­fer­ment peri­od, the IPI shall can­cel the re­gis­tra­tion.