Notifying Member

Finland

Details of the notified legal text

Title

Registered Designs Decree, 1971/252

Subject matter

Industrial designs

Nature of notification

[X]     Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation

[  ]     Other law or regulation

Link to legal text

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/IP/FIN/18_4481_00_e.pdf
(English)

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/IP/FIN/18_4481_00_x1.pdf

(Finnish)

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/IP/FIN/18_4481_00_x2.pdf
(Swedish)

Notification status

[  ]     First notification

[  ]     Amendment or revision to notified legal text

[X]     Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)

Previous notification(s) referred to

IP/N/1/FIN/D/6

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Brief description of the notified legal text

Decree amending section 24 of the Registered Designs Decree, adopted on 18 July 2013, 2013/583, entry into force on 1 September 2013

-       Valtioneuvoston asetus mallioikeusasetuksen 24 §:n muuttamisesta

-       Statsrådets förordning om ändring av 24 § i mönsterrättsförordningen

Amendment of section 24, which relates to entry in the register of actions for cancellation or actions for transfer of registration. Centralisation of intellectual property matters to the Market Court was taken into account.

Decree amending the Registered Designs Decree, adopted on 14 April 2011, 2011/357, entry into force on 1 May 2011

-       Valtioneuvoston asetus mallioikeusasetuksen muuttamisesta

-       Statsrådets förordning om ändring av mönsterrättsförordningen

Sections 9—11, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26 and 36 were repealed and the following sections were amended:

-       2, 6.2 (paragraph 8), 13.2, 15 (and the subheading thereof) as well as 16, 18, 19 and 27

Amendments relate to for instance what the application for registration shall contain, what the examination of novelty shall include, what the public notice/publication of registration should contain. Also provisions on opposition proceedings were altered as well as provisions concerning renewal of registration.

Language(s) of notified legal text

English, Finnish, Swedish

Entry into force

1 September 2013

Other date

Adoption: 18 July 2013

Notification details

Submission date of notification

20 December 2017

Other information

Agency or authority responsible

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment