WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/N/1/DEU/1/Rev.1/Add.1 
3 February 2004 
 
 (04-0389) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
GERMANY 
 
Addendum  
    In communications dated 22 December 1997,  12 and 28 August 1998, 12 January 1999, 
18 and 28 May 1999, 3 November 2000, 6 Ap ril 2001, 8 August and 9 December 2002, 
and 23 December 2003, the Delegation of the Fe deral Republic of Germany has notified: 
 
- main laws and regulations and/or ame ndments to them listed in Annex I. 
  - other laws and regulations and/or am endments to them listed in Annex II. 
 IP/N/1/DEU/1/Rev.1/Add.1 
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 ANNEX I
 
 
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PR OPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
  
 
TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY  
INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 
Article 7 of the Information and Communication 
Services Act . 1 
 
Entry into force:  1 January 1998. 
 Article 7 constitutes an amendment of the 
Copyright Law.  
 
Fourth Law to Amend the Copyright Law , 2 
of 8 May 1998.   Article 1 constitutes an amendment of the 
Copyright Law.  Article 2 constitutes an amendment of the Copyright Administration Law.  
 
Article 2f "Amendment to the Patent Law" of the 
Third Law to Amend the Judicial Officers Law 
and Other Laws3, 
of 6 August 1998. 
 
Entry into force:  1 October 1998.   Article 2f constitutes an amendment to the Patent 
Law. 
Second Law to Amend the Patent Law and other 
Laws4, 
of 16 July 1998. 
 Entry into force:  1 November 1998.   The Law amends the following 
laws/orders/regulations: 
-  Patent Law 
-  Utility Model Law -  Law on Employee Inventions -  Trade Mark Law -  Law on International Patent Treaties 
-  Law Concerning Copyright in Industrial 
    Designs -  Order Concerning Patent Applications -  Order Concerning Utility Model Applications -  Regulation on Semiconductor Protection 
    Applications 
-  Order Concerning Industrial Designs and Type     Faces Applications 
                                                      
1 See document IP/N/1/DEU/C/1/Add.2. 
2 See document IP/N/1/DEU/C/1/Add .3;   IP/N/1/DEU/C/2/Add.1. 
3 See document IP/N/1/DEU/P/1/Add.1. 
4 See document IP/N/1/DEU/D/1/Add .1;   IP/N/1/DEU/P/1/Add.2;   IP/N/1/DEU/P/3/Add.1;    
IP/N/1/DEU/P/4/Add.2;     IP/N/1/DEU /T/1/Add.1;   IP/N/1/DEU/T/2/Add.1 .  IP/N/1/DEU/1/Rev.1/Add.1 
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TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY  
INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 
Article 13 of the Law to Reform the Law relating 
to Merchants and Firm s and to Amend other 
Provisions of Commercial and Company Law 
(Commercial Law Reform Law – HrefG)5, 
of 22 June 1998.  Published in Bundesgesetzblatt (Federal Law 
Gazette) No 38 of 26 June 1998. 
  Article 13 constitutes an amendment to the Trade 
Mark Law. 
Article 14 of the Law to Reform the Law relating 
to Merchants and Firm s and to Amend other 
Provisions of Commercial and Company Law 
(Commercial Law Reform Law – HrefG)5, 
of 22 June 1998. 
 
Published in Bundesgesetzblatt (Federal Law Gazette) No 38 of 26 June 1998.   Article 14 constitutes an amendment to the Law 
Against Unfair Competition. 
Law to Amend the Law to Reform the 
Professional Law of Attorneys-at-law and Patent 
Attorneys6, 
of 17 December 1999.   Constitutes an amendment to the Trade Mark 
Law.   
Article 4 of the Law on Distance Contracts and 
other Matters of the Law relating to Consumers 
as well as on the Conversion of Provisions to 
Euro7, 
of 27 June 2000. 
 
 Article 4 constitutes an amendment to the Act 
Against Unfair Competition. 
Article 1 of the Act on Comparative Advertising 
and to Amend Provisions of Competition Law8, 
of 1 September 2000. 
 
 Article 1 constitutes an amendment to the Act 
Against Unfair Competition. 
                                                      
5 See document IP/N/1/DEU/T/1 /Add.2;  IP/N/1/DEU/T/2/Add .2;  IP/N/1/DEU/U/1/Add.1. 
6 See document IP/N/1/DEU/T/1/A dd.3;  IP/N/1/DEU/T/2/Add.3. 
7 See document IP/N/1/DEU/U/1/Add.2. 
8 See document IP/N/1/DEU/U/1/Add.3. IP/N/1/DEU/1/Rev.1/Add.1 
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TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY  
INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 
Announcement containing a list of legally 
protected designations of geographical origin for 
German wine .9 
 Published in Bundesanzeiger (German Law Gazette) No 168a of 7 September 2002.  
  
Law to Revise the Rules on Costs in the Field of 
Intellectual Property10, 
of 13 December 2001.   The Law amends the following laws: 
-  Patent Law 
-  Utility Model Law -  Trade Mark Law -  Semiconductor Protection Law -  Law Against Unfair Competition -  Copyright Law 
-  Copyright Administration Law 
-  Designs Law -  Type Face Law -  Plant Variety Protection Law -  Patents Costs Law 
 
 
Notice of Patent Information Centres authorised 
to accept patent and ut ility model applications11, 
of 6 April 1999.   
Notice of Patent Information Centres authorised 
to accept patent and ut ility model applications11, 
of 5 November 1999. 
  
Notice of Patent Information Centres authorised 
to accept patent and ut ility model applications11, 
of 27 September 2000. 
  
Notice of Patent Information Centres authorised 
to accept patent and ut ility model applications11, 
of 22 February 2001. 
  
 
                                                      
9 See document IP/N/1/DEU/G/1. 
10 See document IP/N/1/DEU/C/1/Add.4;  IP/N/1 /DEU/C/2/Add.2;  IP/N /1/DEU/D/1/Add.2;  
IP/N/1/DEU/L/1/Add.1;  IP/N/1/DEU/P/1/Add.3;  IP/N/1/DEU/P/2/Add.1;  IP/N/1/DEU/P/3/Add.2;  
IP/N/1/DEU/T/1/Add.4;  IP/N/1/DEU/T/2/Add.4;  IP/N/1/DEU/U/1/Add.4. 
11 See document IP/N/1/DEU/I/2.  IP/N/1/DEU/1/Rev.1/Add.1 
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 ANNEX II  
 
OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
 
 
 
TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY  
INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 
Fifth Order on the amendment of the Order  
Concerning Patent Applications  
of 27 June 1997. 
 
  
Fifth Order on the amendment of the Order 
Concerning Utility Model Applications  
of 27 June 1997.    
Second Order Amending the Trade Mark 
Regulations  
of 1 July 1998.  Entry into force:  7 July 1998.  
  
Third Order Amending the Trade Mark 
Regulations  
of 21 December 1998.  Entry into force:  29 December 1998. 
 
  
 
Second Law to Amend the Patent Law and other 
Laws , 
of 16 July 1998. 
 
Entry into force:  1 November 1998.   The Law amends the following 
laws/orders/regulations: -  Patent Law 
-  Utility Model Law 
-  Law on Employee Inventions -  Trade Mark Law -  Law on International Patent Treaties -  Law Concerning Copyright in Industrial 
    Designs 
-  Order Concerning Patent Applications -  Order Concerning Utility Model Applications -  Regulation on Semiconductor Protection     Applications -  Order Concerning Industrial Designs and Type 
    Faces Applications 
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TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY  
INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 
Amendment to the Order Concerning 
Applications for Utility Models . 
 Published in Bundesgesetzblatt (Federal Law Gazette) No 69 of 19 December 2001.    
Amendment of the Trade Mark Regulations . 
 
Published in Bundesgesetzblatt (Federal Law 
Gazette) No 69 of 19 December 2001.    
Amendment to the Order Concerning the Designs 
Register . 
 
Published in Bundesgesetzblatt (Federal Law Gazette) No 69 of 19 December 2001.    
Fifth Order Amending the Order Concerning 
Patent Applications , 
of 1 January 2002.    
Fourth Order Amending the Trade Mark 
Regulations , 
of 1 January 2002.    
Second Order Amending the Order Concerning 
Industrial Designs and Type Faces Applications , 
of 1 January 2002.    
Order Amending the Order Concerning the 
Designs Register , 
of 1 January 2002. 
   
Amendment to the Trade Mark Regulations . 
 
Published in Bundesgesetzblatt (Federal Law 
Gazette) No 55 of 6 November 2001.     IP/N/1/DEU/1/Rev.1/Add.1 
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TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY  
INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 
Order Repealing the Order Concerning the 
Provision of Information on the State of the Art . 
of 27 November 2001. 
   
 
 
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