WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE 
ORGANIZACION MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights IP/N/IIDNKID/3 
11 January 2001 
(01-0139) 
Original: English/ 
anglais/ 
ingles 
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
LAWS AND REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER 
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
DENMARK 
The present document reproduces the textl of the Consolidated Designs Act N° 251, as 
notified by Denmark under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IPINII/DNKlI/Rev.I). 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriete 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET REGLEMENTATIONS CONSACREES A LA 
PROPRIETIt INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIEES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
DANEMARK 
Le present document contient le texte I de la Loi codifiee nO 251, notifiee par le Danemark au 
titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document IPINIlIDNKll/Rev.l). 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
PRINCIP ALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA 
PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD 
DEL pARRAFO 2 DEL ARTiCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
DINAMARCA 
En el presente documento se reproduce el textol de la Ley refundida de dibujos y modelos, 
N° 251, notificada por Dinamarca en virtud del parrafo 2 del articulo 63 del Acuerdo (vease el 
documento IPINII/DNKllIRev.l). 
I In English only. The text in the original language is available for consultation by interested 
Delegations at the WTO Secretariat.lEn anglais seulement. Les delegations interessees peuvent consulter le 
texte dans sa langue d'origine, au Secretariat de l'OMC.lEn ingles solamente. Las delegaciones interesadas 
podn'in consultar en la Secretaria de la OMC el texto en su idiom a original. IP/N/1/DNKlD/3 
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The Ministry Of Industry Consolidate Act No. 251,17th april1989 
The Consolidate Designs Act 
Notice is hereby given of the Danish Designs 
Act No. 218, 27th May 1970 with amendments 
pursuant to Act No. 854, 23rd December 1987. 
Chapter I 
General Provisions 
Section 1 
(1) In this Act, the term »design« shall mean 
the prototype for an article's appearance or for 
an ornament. 
(2) The creator of a design, or his assignee, 
may obtain through registration in accordance 
with this Act the exclusive right to use the de­
sign in the course of trade (see Section 5) (the 
right to a design). 
Section 2 
(1) A design shall be registered only ifit sub­
stantially differs from what has become known 
before the date of the application for registra­
tion. 
(2) In this context, the term »known« shall 
apply to everything that has been made avail­
able to the public, whether as the result of re­
production, exhibition, offering for sale, or 
otherwise. Even a design that is not available to 
the public shall be deemed to be known if the 
design is evident from an application in this 
country for a patent or for registration of a 
trademark or a design, where such application 
has been -or is deemed under the relevant pro­
visions to have been -made before the date 
stated in subsection (1) and where the design is 
subsequently, when the application is dealt 
with, made available to the public. 
Patensdir.,j.nr. Section 3 
A design may nevertheless be registered 
where, during the six months before the appli­
cation for registration was filed, it was made 
available to the public: 
(i) as a result of a manifest abuse with respect 
to the applicant or his predecessor in title, 
or 
(ii) due to the design's display, by the appli­
cant or his predecessor in title, at an official 
or officially recognized international ex­
hibition. 
Section 4 
A design shall not be registered: 
(i) if the design or its utilization conflicts with 
morality or public order, 
(ii) if, without permission, the design includes: 
(a) any signs or indications referred to in 
Section 132 of the Civil Code or any 
matter likely to be confused therewith; 
(b) anything which may appear to be the 
name or the trade name or portrait of 
another person, unless such person has 
been long dead, or anything which con­
tains the distinctive name or pictorial 
representation of another person's real 
property; 
(c) anything that may be interpreted as the 
distinctive title of another person's 
protected literary or artistic work or 
anything which infringes another's ex­
clusive right to such work or his right to 
a photographic illustration; 
(d) anything that does not substantially differ from a design registered in this 
country in the name of another person. 
Section 5 
(1) Subject to the exceptions stated below, 
the right to a design implies that no one other 
than the owner of the right (the registered 
owner of the design) may, without the owner's 
permission, use the design in the course of 
trade, by making, importing, offering, offering 
for sale, assigning or hiring out an article which 
does not substantially differ from the design or 
which includes something which does not sub­
stantially differ from it 
(2) The right to a design relates only to the 
articles for which the design has been regis­
tered and to articles similar thereto. 
Section 6 
(1) Any person who has, in the course of 
trade, been using a design in this country, at the 
time the application for registration is made, 
may notwithstanding the rights registered, con­
tinue such use while retaining its general char­
acter, provided that such use did not entail a 
manifest abuse with respect to the applicant for 
registration or to his predecessor in title. Under 
similar conditions, any person who has taken 
substantial ~teps to use the design in the course 
of trade in this country shall have the same 
right of use. 
(2) The right defined in subsection 1) may be 
transferred only together with the business in 
which it has arisen or in which the design was 
to be used. 
Section 7 
The Minister of Industry may order that 
spare parts and accessories for aircraft may be 
imported into this country, notwithstanding 
the right to a design, where such spare parts 
and accessories are to be used for the repair of 
aircraft belonging to a foreign country in which 
corresponding benefits are accorded to this 
country's aircraft. 
Section 8 
(1) The Minister ofIndustry may decree that, 
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shall be deemed to have been filed at the same 
time as the previous application. 
(2) The Minister ofIndustry shall specify the 
conditions under which a right of priority may 
be claimed. 
Chapter II 
The Applicationfor Registration 
and Processing Thereof 
Section 9 
The Registering authority shall be the Patent 
and Trademark Office. 
Section 10 
(1) Applications for registration of designs 
shall be made in writing to the registering auth­
ority. 
(2) The application shall contain information 
concerning the article for which registration of 
the design is applied for. The application shall 
mention the creator of the design. Where the 
applicant is not the creator, he shall produce 
evidence of his right to the design. 
(3) A representation ofthe design shall be at­
tached to the application document. Where the 
applicant, before the application is published 
in accordance with the provisions of Section 
18, also deposits a model, the model shall be 
deemed to disclose the design. There shall also 
be attached to the application an attestation, 
signed by the applicant, confirming that the de­
sign to his knowledge has not, before the date 
when the application is made or is deemed to 
have been made (see Section 8), become known 
so as to preclude registration of the design by 
virtue of Section 2 (see Section 3). 
(4) The applicant shall pay the prescribed ap­
plication fee and additional fees (see Section 
48). 
Section 11 
An application may include more than one 
design where the articles for which registration 
of the design is applied for are related with re­
spect to manufacture and use. An application 
for such multiple registration may comprise not 
more than 20 designs and must not concern or­
naments. IPINIlIDNK/D/3 
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Section 12 
An applicant who is not domiciled in this 
country shall have an agent resident in the 
country who is empowered to represent him in 
all matters concerning the application. 
Section 13 
(1) An application for registration of a design 
shall not be deemed to have been made until 
the applicant has deposited a representation or 
a model of the design. 
(2) An application must not be altered so as 
to relate to a design or an article other than the 
design or article stated in the application. 
Section 14 
(1) When examining an application for regis­
tration of a design, the registering authority 
shall, within the scope fixed by the Minister of 
Industry, establish whether the conditions for 
registration of the design have been satisfied. 
Where the applicant has not observed the pres­
cribed requirements, or if the registering auth­
ority has other objections to the registration, 
the applicant shall be notified thereof and be 
given a time limit to reply or to make the 
necessary amendments. 
(2) Where the applicant fails within the pres­
cribed period to reply or to make the amend­
ments to the application, the application shall 
be shelved. The notification referred to in sub­
section (1), second sentence, shall contain in­
formation to this effect. 
(3) However, the application shall be rein­
stated upon the applicant's request if, within 
two months after the expiration of the pres­
cribed period, the applicant makes a reply or 
amends the application and within the same 
period pays a prescribed reinstatement fee. Re­
instatement may be granted only once. 
Section 15 
If the registering authority still finds any ob­
jection to the acceptance of the application 
after receipt of the applicant's reply and pro­
vided that the applicant has had an oppor­
tunity to comment on the objection, the appli­
cation shall be rejected unless the registering 
authority finds grounds for renewing the re­
quest under Section 14(1). Section 16 
(1) Where anyone claims before the register­
ing authority that he and not the applicant is 
entitled to a design for which registration has 
been applied for, the registering authority may, 
if in doubt, request him to institute legal pro­
ceedings within a certain period. If the request 
is not complied with, the claim may be disre­
garded. Information to this effect shall be given 
in the request. 
(2) Where a dispute concerning the title to a 
design is pending before a court oflaw, the ap­
plication for registration may be suspended 
until the case is finally settled. 
Section 17 
(1) Where anyone proves to the registering 
authority that he and not the applicant is en­
titled to the design covered by the application, 
the authority shall transfer the application to 
him ifhe so requests. The transferee shall pay a 
new application fee. 
(2) Where transfer is requested, the applica­
tion must not be altered, shelved, rejected or 
accepted until the request for transfer has been 
finally decided. 
Section 18 
(1) Where the application is in the prescribed 
form and no objection has been found to regis­
tration, the application shall be published in 
order to give the public an opportunity to enter 
opposition. On the applicant's request, publi­
cation may however be deferred for a period of 
up to six months counted from the filing date or 
from which priority is claimed (see Section 8). 
Request for deferment shall be made on the ap­
plication form. 
(2) Opposition shall be made in writing to the 
registering authority within two months from 
the date of publication. 
Section 19 
(1) From the date when the application is 
laid open for public inspection, the application 
documents shall be available to everybody. 
(2) After six months from the filing date or, if 
priority under Section 8 has been claimed, from 
the priority date, the application documents 
shall be made available to everyone, even 
where the application has not been laid open for public inspection. However, if it has been 
decided to shelve or reject the application, the 
documents shall not be made available unless 
the applicant requests reinstatement ofthe ap­
plication or appeals against the rejection. 
(3) If the applicant so requests, the docu­
ments shall be made available earlier than the 
time stated in subsection (1) and (2). 
(4) Where the documents are made available 
under subsection (2) or (3), this fact shall be ad­
vertised. 
Section 20 
(1) After the expiration of the period pres­
cribed in Section 18(2) a further examination of 
the application shall be carried out. Sections 
14, 15, 16 and 17 shall be applicable to such 
examination. 
(2) In the case of opposition the applicant 
shall be informed thereof. Where the opposi­
tion is not manifestly unjustified, the applicant 
shall be given an opportunity to answer the op­
position. 
Section 21 
(1) An applicant for registration of a design 
may appeal against a decision of the registering 
authority. A person who has duly entered op­
position may appeal against a decision accept­
ing the application. Where the opponent with­
d'raws his appeal, it may nevertheless be con­
sidered ifthere are special reasons for doing so. 
(2) An applicant may appeal against the re­
jection and a request for reinstatement, pro­
vided for in Section 14(3), and against the ac­
ceptance of a request for transfer, provided for 
in Section 17. The person making a request for 
transfer may appeal against the rejection of his 
request. 
Section 22 
(1) Appeals against the decisions made ac­
cording to Section 21 shall be filed with the Pat­
ent Board of Appeal (the Board of Appeal for 
Industrial Property Rights) no later than two 
months after the Registration Authority has in­
formed the party concerned of the decision. 
The fee for appeal shall be paid within the same 
time limit. If payment is not made, the appeal 
shall be rejected as inadmissible. 
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not be brought before a higher administrative 
authority. 
(3) Proceedings for the trial of decisions of 
the Registration Authority which may be ap­
pealed against to the Board of Appeal may not 
be brought before the courts until the decision 
of the Board of Appeal has been given, cf. how­
ever Sections 31 and 32. Proceedings for the 
trial of decisions by the Board of Appeal shall 
be brought within two months after the date on 
which the party concerned was notified of the 
decision. 
Section 23 
(1) Where an application for registration of a 
design is accepted by a decision having force of 
law, the design shall be entered in the Register 
of Designs and the registration shall be pub­
lished. 
(2) A decision to shelve or to reject an appli­
cation that has been published in the manner 
provided for in Section 18 shall be published 
after the decision has force of law. 
Chapter III 
Period of Validity of Registration of Design 
Section 24 
Registration ofa design shall be valid for five 
years, dating from the day which the applica­
tion for registration was made. Registration 
may, on request, be renewed for two further 
periods of five years, each such period running 
from the expiration of the preceding period. 
Section 25 
(1) Application for the renewal of the regis­
tration shall be filed in writing with the Regis­
tration Authority no earlier than three months 
before and no later than six months after the ex­
piration of the registration period in question. 
Within the same term, the applicant shall pay 
renewal fee and additional fees, cf. Section 48. 
If the fees have not been paid before the expira­
tion of the term, the application shall be dis­
missed. 
(2) The renewal of the registration shall be 
published. IPINIl/ONKlO/3 
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Chapter IV 
Licenses, Assignments, etc. 
Section 26 
(1) Where the registered owner of a design 
has given another person the right to use the de­
sign in the course of trade (license), the licensee 
may not assign his right in the absence of an 
agreement to that effect. 
(2) A license included with a business may 
however be assigned, when the business is as­
signed, in the absence of an agreement to the 
contrary. In such a case the assignor shall re­
main responsiblc..fQcensuring the fulfilment of 
the license agreement. 
Section 27 
(1) In the case of the transfer of the right to a 
design or the grant or transfer of a license, a 
note to that effect shall -on request and in re­
turn for a prescribed fee -bee entered in the 
Register of Designs. If it is proved that a license 
that has been entered in the Register has ceased 
to be valid, the entry shall be removed on re­
quest. 
(2) Subsection (1) shall apply correspond­
ingly to a compulsory license and to the right 
referred to in Section 32(2). 
(3) In the case of multiple registration, a 
transfer of the right to a design may be entered 
only with respect to all of the designs. 
(4) Legal proceedings regarding a design 
may always be brought against the person en­
tered as registered owner and notifications 
from the registering authority need only be sent 
to such person. 
Section 28 
Any person who, at the time when an appli­
cation for registration of a design was made 
available to the public, had been using the de­
sign in the course of trade in this country, may­
where the application leads to registration -
obtain a compulsory license to use the design, 
provided that extraordinary reasons exist and 
that such person had no knowledge of the ap­
plication and could not reasonably have ob­
tained knowledge of it. In the same circumstan­
ces, any person who has taken substantial steps 
to use the design in the course of trade in this 
country shall have a right to a compulsory 
license. Such a compulsory license may also re-late to at period before the design was regis­
tered. 
Section 29 
(1) A compulsory license may not be granted 
to any person who appears unable to use the 
design in an acceptable way and in accordance 
with the terms of the license. 
(2) A compulsory license shall not prevent 
the registered owner of the design from using 
the design himself or from granting a license. A 
compulsory license may be transferred only 
together with the business in which it is used or 
in which it is intended to be used. 
Section 30 
The Maritime and Commercial Court in 
Copenhagen shall decide, as the court of first 
instance, whether or not a compulsory license 
is to be granted and the extent to which the de­
sign may be used and shall determine the com­
pensation and other terms of the license. When 
a substantial change in circumstances so de­
mands, the Court may, ifso requested by either 
of the parties, revoke the license or stipulate 
new terms. 
Chapter V 
Termination of Registration, etc. 
Section 31 
(1) Where a design has been registered con­
trary to Sections 1 to 4, and there still remains 
an objection to registration, the registration 
may be declared invalid by court decision. 
However, registration may not be declared in­
valid on the ground that the proprietor is only a 
part owner of the right to design. 
(2) An action based on the grant of registra­
tion to a person who is not the rightful owner as 
defined in Section 1 may be brought only by the 
person who claims to be entitled to the design. 
Such action shall be brought within one year 
after the plaintiff has had knowledge ofthe reg­
istration and of the other circumstances on 
which the action is based. Where the registered 
owner of the design acted in good faith when 
the design was registered or when the right to 
the design was transferred to him, the action 
may not be instituted later than three years 
after the registration. (3) Moreover, proceedings for cancellation 
of a registration may be instituted by anyone 
having a legal interest therein. An action based 
on a provision of Section 4( 1) or (2) (aJ may be 
brought also by the Patent and Trademark Of­
fice. 
Section 32 
(1) Where a design has been registered in the 
name of a person who is not the rightful owner 
as defined in Section 1, the Court shall, when 
an action is brought by the rightful owner, 
transfer the registration to him. Where such ac­
tioncisinstituted Section 31(2) shall apply. 
(2) Where a person who has been refused 
registration of a design has begun in good faith 
to use the design in the course of trade in this 
country or has taken substantial steps for that 
purpose, he may, on payment of reasonable 
compensation and on the fulfilment of other 
reasonable terms, continue such use or start the 
intended use, keeping its general character. In 
similar circumstances, the holder os a license 
entered in the Register shall have the same 
right. 
(3) The right defined in subsection (2) may be 
transferred only together with the business in 
which the design is used or in which the design 
is intended to be used. 
Section 33 
(1) Where the registered owner of a design 
declares in a written statement addressed to the 
registering authority that he renounces his right 
to a design, the registering authority shall 
remove the design from the Register. 
(2) Where legal proceedings concerning the 
transfer of registration have been instituted, the 
design may not be removed from the Register 
until there is a final decision in the proceed­
mgs. 
Chapter VI 
Obligation to Provide Information 
Section 34 
(1) Where a person who has applied for reg­
istration of a design invokes his application 
against another person, before the application 
documents have become available to the pub­
lic, he shall on request allow such other person 
to be given access to the documents. IPINIlIDNK/D/3 
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(2). Any person who by direct representation 
to another person, in an advertisement or by 
the marking of an article or its packaging or 
otherwise, states that registration of a design 
has been applied for or granted, without at the 
same time giving information about the num­
ber of the application or of the registration, 
shall, if so requested, give such information 
without delay. Where it is not expressly stated 
that registration has been applied for or 
granted, but the circumstances are such as to 
bring about the belief that this is the case, infor­
mation shall, if requested, be given without 
delay as to whether registration has been ap­
plied or granted. 
Section 35 
(1) Anyone who intentionally infringes the 
exclusive right to a design (infringement of a 
design) shall be liable to a fine. 
(2) If the offense is committed by a limited 
liability company, a cooperative society or the 
like, the enterprise as such may be liable to a 
fine. 
(3) The prosecution shall be instituted by the 
aggrieved person. 
Section 36 
(1) Anyone who intentionally or through ne­
gligence commits infringement of a design shall 
be liable to pay reasonable compensation for 
the use of the design, as well as compensation 
for the further damage caused by the infringe­
ment. 
(2) Anyone who commits infringement of a 
design without intention or negligence and ob­
tains a profit thereby shall be liable to pay com­
pensation in accordance with subsection (1), if 
and to the extent that this is found reasonable. 
The amount of compensation shall not how­
ever exceed the presumed profit from the de­
sign infringement. 
Section 37 
(1) In the case of infringement of a design, at 
the request of the aggrieved person, the Court 
may order, to the extent that is found reason­
able for preventing continued infringement, 
that goods which have been made or imported 
into this country illegally, or articles whose use 
would constitute design infringement, to be al­
tered in a certain way or destroyed or, in the rP1N1l /DNKlD/3 
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case of goods made or imported illegally, to be 
surrendered, against remuneration, to the per­
son whose right has been infringed. This shall 
not apply to a person who has acquired the 
goods or articles or rights to them in good faith 
and who has not himself committed infringe­
ment. 
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub­
section (1), the Court may, where special rea­
sons exist and if so requested, give the owner of 
the goods made or imported illegally a right of 
disposal over such goods during the remainder 
of the period of protection or during part 
thereof in return for reasonable compensation 
and under other reasonable terms. 
Section 38 
(1) If anyone without authorization uses in 
the course oftrade a design that is the subject of 
an application for registration, after the appli­
cation documents have been made available to 
the public, the provisions relating to design in­
fringement with the exception of Section 35 
shall apply correspondingly if the application 
leads to registration. Compensation for dam­
age arising from infringement committed be­
fore the application documents were made 
available to the public shall be payable only to 
the extent provided for in Section 36(2). 
(2) The limitation period for claims to com­
pensation shall not come to an end before one 
year after registration of the design. 
Section 39 
In proceedings for design infringement, a 
plea that the registration is invalid may not be 
made unless an action for a declaration ofinva­
lidity has been brought against the registered 
owner or he has been summoned under Section 
43. If the design registration is declared invalid, 
Section 35 to 38 shall not apply. 
Section 40 
(1) Anyone who, in the cases referred to in 
Section 34, fails to fulfil his obligation or gives 
false information shall be liable to a fine if a 
heavier penalty is not provided for by other 
legislation and shall be liable to remedy the 
damage caused thereby to the extent found rea­
sonable. 
(2) Section 35(2) and (3) shall apply corre­
spondingly. Chapter VIII 
Rules Concerning Legal Proceedings 
Section 41 
In proceedings concerning the right to a de­
sign, cancellation of registration or the transfer 
of the design right, applicants and registered 
owners of designs who are not resident in this 
country shall be considered within the jurisdic­
tion of Copenhagen. 
Section 42 
(1) Anyone bringing an action for cancella­
tion of a design registration, for transfer of the 
registration or for a compulsory license shall at 
the same time notify the registering authority 
accordingly in writing with a view to an entry in 
the Register of Designs. He shall also notify 
any registered licensee whose address is re­
corded in the Register. Any licensee wishing to 
bring proceedings for design infringement shall 
similarly notify the registered owner of the de­
sign. 
(2) If, on the day that the case comes up for 
trial, the plaintiff does not prove that the notifi­
cation required by subsection (1) has been 
made, the Court may give him time for this to 
be done. Ifhe fails to make use of this time, the 
action shall be dismissed. 
Section 43 
(1) Where, in an action for design infringe­
ment brought by the registered owner of a de­
sign, the defendant intends to claim that the 
registration should be cancelled, he shall make 
the notification provided for in Section 42( 1) to 
the registering authority and to registered 
licensees. Section 42(2) shall apply correspond­
ingly, so that the claim for cancellation shall be 
dismissed if the time limit is not observed. 
(2) Where, in an action for design infringe­
ment brought by a licensee, the defendant 
wishes to claim as against the registered owner 
of the design that the registration should be 
cancelled, he may summon the registered 
owner or appear, irrespective of the latter's 
place of jurisdiction. Chapter 34 ofthe Admin­
istration of Justice Act shall apply correspond­
ingly. Section 44 
Copies of judgments in cases referred to in 
Sections 16,31 and 32, and 35 to 38 shall be sent 
to the Patent and Trademark office on the in­
itiative of the Court. 
Chapter IX 
Miscellaneous Provisions 
Section 45 
(1) The registered owner of a design who is 
not domiciled in this country shall have an 
agent resident he.re and entered in the Register 
of Designs who shall be empowered to receive 
on his behalf communications and other notifi­
cations relation to the design. 
(2) Where the registered owner of a design 
does not have such an agent, communications 
etc. may be served in the manner prescribed in 
Section 160(2) of the Administration ofJustice 
Act. 
Section 46 
The minister of Industry may, provided that 
reciprocity exists, decide that Sections 12 and 
45 shall not apply to registered owners of de­
signs wh9. are domiciled in other countries or 
who have an agent resident in those countries 
and entered in the Danish Register of Designs 
in accordance with Sections 12 and 45. 
Section 47 
(1) The Minister of Industry shall lay down 
specified regulations of the way in which the 
Act shall be carried into effect, including the fil­
ing and examination of design applications, the 
arrangement and keeping of the I;>esign Regis­
ter, the publication and contents of Dansk 
M0nstertidende (the Danish Designs Gazette), 
and the procedure of the Registration Auth­
ority. Regarding the' latter, it may be deter­
mined that the Registration Authority's records 
of filed applications shall be publicly avail ably. 
The Minister of Industry may issue specified 
rules regarding the days on which the Registra­
tion Authority is closed. IPINIl/DNKlD/3 
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Section 48 
(1) An applicant for registration of a design 
or for renewal of registration of a design shall, 
in addition to the application an renewal fees, 
pay the following fees: 
(i) a class fee for each class beyond the first; 
(ii) a mUltiple registration fee for each design 
beyond the first; 
(iii) a storage fee for a model; 
(iv) a publication fee for each representation 
beyond the first. 
(2) Where the renewal fee is paid after the ex­
piration of the registration period, a sup­
plementary fee shall be payable at the same 
time. 
(3) The Minister ofIndustry shall determine 
the fees under this Act and the fees for service, 
extracts from the Register etc. 
Section 48a 
If the Minister of Industry delegates his 
authority according to the present Act to the 
Danish Patent Office, the Minister can issue 
rules stipulating that appeals cannot be 
brought before a higher administrative auth­
ority. 
Chapter X 
Provisions for Entry into Force 
and Transitional Provisions 
Section 49 
(1) This act shall enter into force on October 
I, 1970. 
(2) The Designs Act, No. 107 of April 1, 1905, 
as published in Law Notification No. 193 of 
September 1, 1936, and as amended in pur­
suance of Section 2 of Act No. 247 of June 9, 
1967, is repealed. 
(3) (Transitional Provision, omitted) 
Section 50 
This Act shall not apply to the Faroe Islands; 
the Act may, however, by Royal Ordinance, be 
made to apply to these Islands with such 
amendments as circumstances in the Faroe Is­
lands may require!). 
1) By Royal Order of26thjuly 1971, the Danish Designs Act No. 218,27th May 1970 has been put into force on 
2th august 1971 on the Faroe Islands. IPINIlIDNK/D/3 
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Act No. 854, 23rd December 1987 on amend­
ment of the Patents Act, the Designs Act, the 
Trade Marks Act, and the Collective Marks 
Acts contains the following provisions con­
cerning entry into force and transition: 
Section 5 
(1) This Act shall enter into force on 1st Ja­
nuary 1988.2) (2) Pending appeals filed with the Design 
Board of Appeal prior to 1 st January 1988 shall 
be decided upon by the Patent Board of Appeal 
according to the provisions of the present Act 
as laid down in Section 2, Subsection 1. 
The Ministry of Industry, 17th april1989 
NIELS WILHJELM 
/ Per Lund Thoft 
2) The present consolidate Act Section 22, Section 25, Subsection 1, Section 47, Subsection 1, and Section 48a. 