Below is a list of legal texts concerning design law:

Please note that an English translation is provided where available. Where a translation is not available, only the German version is listed below. In this instance, you can also also access the French and Italian versions by clicking through to the German version.

• Federal Act on the Protection of Designs (DesA)
• Ordinance on the Protection of Designs (DesV)

• Community Design Regulation (CDR)

• Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property as amended in Stockholm on 14 July 1967
• Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) Annex 1C (PDF)