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IP/N/1/EST/D/2  
 
24 August 2023  
(23-5698)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
ESTONIA : INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PROTECTION ACT  
Notifying Member  ESTONIA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Industrial Design Protection Act  
Subject matter  Industrial designs  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/EST/23_11803_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/EST/D/1  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
This Act regulates the legal protection in the Republic of Estonia of industrial designs created in the 
field of industrial design and, in the cases provided for in this Act, the rights and obligations related 
to industrial designs unregistered or registered by the European Union Intellectual Property Office 
(hereinafter Community designs) on the basis of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community 
designs (Official Jou rnal L 003, 05.01.2002 pp. 1 –24) (hereinafter Regulation on Community 
Designs).  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  1 April 2019  
Initial date of entry into force  11.1.1998  
Last amended 1.4.2019  
 
Other date    IP/N/1/EST/4 • IP/N/1/EST/D/2  
 
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  Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  14 June 2023  
Other information  IP/N/1/EU/D/2  
(Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs)  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Estonian Ministry of Justice  
 
Email:  info@just.ee   
Website:  https://www.just.ee/en  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  