IP/N/1/FIN/10  
IP/N/1/FIN/D/7  
 
21 August 2018  
(18-5283)  Page: 1/3 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects  
of Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS  AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 O F THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
FINLAND : REGISTERED DESIGNS A CT, 1971/221  
Notifying Member  FINLAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Registered Designs Act, 1971/221  
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_4480_00_e.pdf   
(English)  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/IP/FIN/18_4480_00_x1.pdf   
(Finnish)  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/IP/FIN/18_4480_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/ 5 
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Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Act amending Section 43 c of the Registered Designs Act, adopted on 25 August 2016, 2016/718, 
entry into force on 1 January 2017  
- Laki mallioikeuslain 43 c §:n muuttamisesta  
- Lag om ändring av 43 c § i mönsterrättslagen  
 
Technical amendment: reference to the Courts Act (2016/673) was changed.  
 
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  Act amending the Registered Designs Act, adopted on 31 January 2013, 2013/109, entry into force 
on 1 September 2013  
- Laki mallioikeuslain muuttamisesta  
- Lag om ändring av mönsterrättslagen  
 
The following provisions were amended:  
- section 21.1 concerning the appeal against a final decision of the registering  authority  
- section 22 concerning appeals which shall be lodged with the Market Court  
- section 33a relating to definition of community design  
- subsections 2 and 4 of section 35a concerning cessation orders  
 
- section 43 regulates the centralization of c ontentious and non -contentious civil matters to the 
Market Court whereas section 44 regulates on the duty to inform the Patent and Registration Office 
about the given decisions  
 
Subsection 2 of section 31 b as well as sections 39.2, 41.3 and 42 were repeal ed. New sections 
43a–43c concerning i.e. the competent court in criminal matters were inserted.  
 
Act amending Section 37 of the Registered Designs Act, adopted on 22 July 2011, 2011/862, entry 
into force on 1 January 2014  
- Laki mallioikeuslain 37 §:n muut tamisesta  
- Lag om ändring av 37 § I mönsterrättslagen  
 
Amendments concerning the adoption of a new Coercive Measures Act (806/2011).  
 
Act amending the Registered Designs Act, adopted on 3 December 2010, 2010/1058, entry into 
force on 1 May 2011  
- Laki mallioikeuslain muuttamisesta  
- Lag om ändring av mönsterrättslagen  
 
Section 23 was repealed. Amendments relating to application for registration and application 
procedure were made to the following sections:  
10 (subsections 2 and 3), 12, 15, 18, 18a (subs ection 1), 19, 20, 21 (subsection 1), 31a 
(subsection 1), 45, 47 (subsection 1) and 48.  
New sections 8a –8c, 22a and 23a –23c were inserted. Also a new chapter 8 a on the international 
registration was added.  
 
Act amending Section 44 of the Registered Design s Act, adopted on 14 May 2010, 2010/394, entry 
into force 1 January 2010  
- Laki mallioikeuslain 44 §:n muuttamisesta  
- Lag om ändring av 44 § i mönsterrättslagen  
 
Addition of a new Section 44.2 to the Registered Designs Act concerning a court’s obligation to 
notify its judgements to the national information system of the judicial administration.  
 
Act amending the Registered Designs Act, adopted on 21 July 2006, 2006/685, entry into force on 
1 September 2006.  
- Laki mallioikeuslain muuttamisesta  
- Lag om änd ring av mönsterrättslagen  
 
Addition of new Sections related to the infringement of an industrial design right concerning 
injunctions and the publication of judgements.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, Finnish, Swedish  
Entry into force  1 January 2017  
Other date   Adoption : 25 August 2016  IP/N/1/FIN/10 • IP/N/1/FIN/D/7  
 
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Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  20 December 2017  
Other information   
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment