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

¹ The re­quest for re­gis­tra­tion of a li­cence must be made by the right hold­er or by the li­censee.

² It shall in­clude:

a.

an ex­press de­clar­a­tion by the right hold­er or an­oth­er sat­is­fact­ory doc­u­ment show­ing that the right hold­er au­thor­ises the li­censee to use the design;

b.

the sur­name and first name or the com­pany name as well as the ad­dress of the li­censee;

c.

the re­quest that the li­cence be re­gistered as an ex­clus­ive li­cence where ap­plic­able;

d.

in the case of a par­tial li­cence, an in­dic­a­tion of the li­censed rights where ap­plic­able.

³ For the re­gis­tra­tion of a sub-li­cence, para­graphs 1 and 2 ap­ply by ana­logy. In ad­di­tion, it must be proven that the li­censee is au­thor­ised to grant sub-li­cences.

⁴ If an ex­clus­ive li­cence is entered in the Re­gister, no oth­er li­censes that are in­com­pat­ible with the ex­clus­ive li­cense will be entered in the Re­gister for the same design.⁴²