WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE  
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO  IP/N/1/ALB/D/3 
30 July 2010 
 (10-4095) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English/ 
 anglais/  inglés 
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
ALBANIA 
   The present text
1 reproduces Decision No. 381 of 8 Apr il 2009 on approving the regulation on 
the registration of industrial designs, as notified by the Delegation of Albania on 16 June 2010 under 
Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IP/N/1/ALB/4). __________________________________________________________________________________ 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce  
  
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À LA  
PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE  
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
 
ALBANIE 
   Le présent document contient le texte
1 de la Décision n° 381 du 8 avril 2009 portant 
approbation du règlement relatif à l' enregistrement des dessins et m odèles industriels, notifiée par la 
délégation de l'Albanie le 16 juin 2010 au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le 
document IP/N/1/ALB/4). 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
  
 
NOTIFICACIÓN DE LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DE CONFORMIDAD CON 
EL PÁRRAFO 2 DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
 
ALBANIA 
 
 
 En el presente documento se reproduce el texto
1 de la Decisión Nº 381, de 8 de abril de 2009, 
sobre la aprobación del Reglamento relativo al regi stro de dibujos y modelos industriales, notificada 
por la delegación de Albania el 16 de junio de 2010 en virtud del párrafo 2 del artículo 63 del 
Acuerdo (véase el documento IP/N/1/ALB/4). 
                                                      
1 In English only./En anglais seulement./En inglés solamente. IP/N/1/ALB/D/3 
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  DECISION 
 
No 381 of 8 April 2009 
 
ON APPROVING THE REGULATI ON “ON THE REGISTRATION 
OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS” 
  
Pursuant to Article 100 of the Constitution an d Article 202 of Law no 9947 of 7 July 2008, "On 
Industrial Property," upon the proposal of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Energy, the Council of 
Ministers 
  
DECIDED: 
 1. To approve the regulation “On the Registration of  Industrial Designs” as per the text attached with 
this decision.  2. To designate the Directorate General of Pate nts and Trademark for the implementation of this 
decision.  
3. To have Order no 4 of the Committee of Sc ience and Technology, of 8 December 1994, “Rules on 
patents, utility models and industria l designs" repealed. This decision shall enter into force after its 
publication in the Official Journal.     PRIME MINISTER   Sali Berisha 
 
  
REGULATION 
ON THE REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS 
 
CHAPTER I 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
  
1. Purpose  1.1 The purpose of this regulation is to define  the rules and procedures with respect to:  
 
a) submission of applications for the registra tion of industrial designs with the Directorate 
General of Patents and Trademarks ( DGPT) and their review by DGPT;  
 b) submission of applications for the renewal of industrial designs, for other changes to be 
made to the register of designs and their review by DGPT;   
c) filing and review of complaints and appeals with the Board of Appeals at DGPT, with 
respect to applications for designs and their rejection;   ç) publication of design-related data by DG PT in the Industrial Property Journal. 
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  2. General principles 
 2.1 Any legal or natural person who engages in creat ion in the course of his commercial activity shall 
be entitled to apply for the registration of a design at DGPT.  
2.2 DGPT shall review the submitted applications and issue the respective notifications and other acts, 
in accordance with the provisions of the Law No  9947 of 7 July 2008, "On Industrial Property” 
(hereinafter referred to as the “Law”) and this regulation.  2.3 DGPT activities with respect to such applications  shall be based solely on documents in writing. 
Applications and any other type of documentation that  are submitted to DGPT shall be in print and in 
the Albanian language.  2.4 DGPT shall establish and manage the electroni c database, which will store all the conducted 
actions with respect to the designs. 
 
3. Types of applications  3.1 The types of applications related to designs  that may be submitted to DGPT are as follows:  
 
a) Application for design registration through FD 1 form (Annex 1 of the  Regulation)  
 
b) Request for design renewal through FD  2 form (Annex of the Regulation)  
 c) Request for the transfer the ownership on a design through the FD3 form (Annex 1 of the 
Regulation)  
 
ç) Request for the registration of the license of a design through FD4 form (Annex 1 of the Regulation)   d) Request for the change of the name of th e design owner through FD5 form (Annex 1 of the 
Regulation).  
 
e) Request for waiver of a registered design through FD7 form (Annex 1 of the Regulation).  
 ë) Opposition to the registration of the publis hed design through FD8 form (Annex 1 of the 
Regulation).  
 
f) Request for appeal of the DGPT decision th at rejects the application (Annex 1 of the 
Regulation).   g) Request for the separation of the applica tion for multiple designs through the FD10 form 
(Annex 1 of the Regulation). 
 
4. Multiple designs  4.1 Two or more designs may be included jointly in a single application, in accordance with the 
provisions of Article 119(2) of the Law, creating thus  an application of the registration of a multiple, 
provided that the products they will apply to or th e products they shall be jo ined with belong to the 
same category of the International Classi fication for Industrial Designs (Locarno). 
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  the applicant or owner of the multiple design and after meeting all the requirements provided for by 
the law and this regulation, including the payment of  the respective fees, each of the designs of a 
multiple application or registration may be pro cessed separately with respect to the licensing, 
ownership transfer, renewal, waiver and any other act ion related to designs that is provided by the law 
and this regulation. 
 
 
CHAPTER II 
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 
 1. Submission of the application 
 1.1 The application for the registration of a design is based on the FD1 form, which is signed by the 
applicant or his representative and is filed with the protocol office of DGPT. The applicant or his 
representative may submit the FD1 form to DPGT also by mail or via fax. When submitted via fax, 
the applicant shall submit to DGPT the original fo rm of the application within one month from the 
day of filing or the application sh all not be considered as submitted. 
 1.2 The application file shall contain the list of the submitted documents (file  index), which shall be 
signed by the applicant or his representative.  
1.3 The application may be filed for the registration of a design for a single product or the registration 
of multiples designs, as provided by Chapter I, point 4 of this regulation.  1.4 Upon receipt of FD1, the DGPT protocol offi ce shall on the same day note down on the form the 
date and hour of the submission a nd the number of the application. 
 
2. Essential elements of an application  2.1 In accordance with Article 119 of the law, when  submitted to DGPT, an application for design 
registration shall contain the following elements:  
a) the name and address of the submitter of the application; 
 b) submission of the design in accordance with th e requirements of point 2.2 of this chapter; 
 c) the product on which the design will be applied to or joined with, its category and 
subcategory in compliance with Locarno Classification, as well as an indication of the 
product or products where the design will be incorporated, if the product represented by the design is an integral part of a complex product;  ç) a description of the design;  
d) in the case of claim for priority, the filing date, number of application and the office where 
the previous application was filed to;   dh) identity of the creator/s of the design;   
e) payment document of the filing fee. 
 2.2 The presentation of the industrial design shall be the graphic or photographic reproduction of the 
design itself and shall meet the following requirements:   IP/N/1/ALB/D/3 
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  a) the reproduction of the design shall be clear, without corrections, placed on a neutral 
background and with an image quality that allows  clear visibility of all the design elements 
subject to the application for protection;  b) the design reproduction shall be filed together with the application, attached with or print 
on a white A4 paper. Such paper shall not contain any explanatory texts, letters or symbols, 
except for an indicator that shows the number of the page, where appropriate;  c) the design reproduction on the A4 white paper shall not exceed the sizes 26.2 cm x 17 cm;  
ç) the design presentation shall contain no more than seven different images of the design, 
one of which should be the general image of the design;  d) the applicant shall put an ordinal number  on each of the design images. In the case of 
multiple designs, each of the images shall have an  ordinal number that contains the number of 
the design and the number of image divided by a dot; 
 dh) each of the graphic or photographic reproduc tions of the design shall contain only one 
image of that design;  e) where the applicant submits more than sev en different images of the design, DGPT shall 
take in consideration for purposes of publica tion and registration only the first seven images, 
as per the ordinal number put on the images by the applicant. 
 2.3 The description of the design shall contain no mo re than 100 words and sh all only refer to those 
design components which are visible in the design  reproduction. Such description shall not contain 
any statements related to the individual nature or novelty of the design. 
 2.4 In the case of multiple designs, the applicant sha ll file for each of the designs contained in the 
application the presentation of the design, in accord ance with the requirements of point 2.2 of this 
chapter, a description of the design and the product th e design shall be applied to or joined with. Each 
of the designs of the multiple design application shall be numbered according the Arabic number 
system. 
 3. Data and additional documents th at an application shall contain  
 3.1 In accordance with Article 119 of the law, the app lication for the registration of a design shall also 
contain:  
 
a) declaration of the creator/s which states th e agreement to have the design registered under 
the name of the applicant. The declaration of  the creator shall be a notary act notarized; 
 b) power of attorney, where the application is f iled by the representative of the applicant. The 
power of attorney shall contain the signature of  the applicant and, if the latter is a legal 
person, his stamp;  c) a prepared scheme, drawings or a model of  the product, if necessary to clarify the essence 
of the design; 
 
4. Filing of the priority document  4.1 In the case that priority is claimed, the app licant shall file to DGPT within three months from 
submission of application the priority document, as provided by Article 119(4) of the law or the IP/N/1/ALB/D/3 
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  certificate issued by the respectiv e authorities of the exposition where the product was exhibited, in 
accordance with Article 120. The priority document filed according to Article (4) of the Law shall 
contain the date and number of the previous app lication, presentation of the design and the product 
represented by such design. The priority document shall be submitted in the Albanian language and 
shall be notarized. 
 
4.2 If, within three months from the filing date, th e applicant fails to submit to DPGT the priority 
document or the certificate issued by the relevant exposition authorities, in compliance with the requirements of the Law and this regulation, th e DGPT shall not take into consideration the 
application for priority. 
 
4.3 The priority right which is recognized acco rding to the requirements of the Law and this 
regulation shall, consequently, consider the priority date as the filing date of the application for the 
registration of the design to DGPT, exclusively for the purpose of determining which application 
enjoys a prior right. 
 
 
CHAPTER III 
FORMAL EXAMINATION OF DESIGN REGISTRATION APPLICATION 
 
1. Order of examination of an application 
 
1.1 Applications for the registration of a design sh all be examined according to their ordinal number. 
A request shall be examined out of order only if ther e is a conflict with respect to the infringement of 
the design rights or a request in writing has been file d for the international registration of the design. 
The examiner shall perform the examination out of order, after the applicant has filed a request and 
paid the designated tariff. 
 2. Examination of application and recognition of the filing date  2.1 The application shall be examined within 3 (t hree) months from the filing date. If the application 
meets all the requirements provided in Article 119 of  the Law and Chapter II of this regulation, DGPT 
shall file the application for the design registrati on and issues the filing certificate to the applicant, 
which recognizes the filing date to DGPT as the fili ng date of the application, in accordance with 
point 1.4 of Chapter II of this regulation.  2.2 If the application fails to meet all the re quirements provided in Article 119 of the Law and 
Chapter II of this regulation, DGPT shall notify the a pplicant, so that he can submit the completions 
within three months from the notification date. The time period for the submission of completions 
may be extended with one month, if the appli cant filed a request in writing based on reasonable 
motive and against payment of the designated tariff.  In any case, the request for extension shall be 
filed to DGPT prior to the expiration of the three- month term for the completion of the application. 
 
2.3 Where the applicant submits all the required co mpletions within the established term, DGPT shall 
issue the filing certificate to the applicant within  3 months from the date in which the applicant 
submitted the completions to his application, r ecognizing as the filing date of the application: 
 
a) the filing date of the application to DGPT, in accordance with the re quirements of point 1.4 
of Chapter II of this regulation, if the shortcom ings of the application do not consist in any of 
the elements referred to in point 2. 1 of Chapter II of this regulation; 
 b) date of application completion, if shortcomings  consist in any of the elements referred to in 
point 2.1 of Chapter II of this regulation. In th e case where the shortcomings related to any of  IP/N/1/ALB/D/3 
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  the elements referred to in point 2.1 of Chapter II of this regulation consist in such errors that 
do not prejudice the essence of such elements, the date where the application was submitted 
to DGPT shall be considered as the filing date of such application. 
 2.4 If the applicant fails to submit completions within the term provided by point 2.2 of this chapter, 
DGPT shall refuse the application for the registrati on of the design and shall notify the applicant on 
such refusal.  3.Filing certificate  
3.1 The filing certificate shall contain the following data:  
 
a) filing date and number;   b) name and address of the applicant;  
 
c) name and address of the design creator, excep t for when the creator has required that his 
name is not included;   ç) the product represented by the design, and th e category and sub-category of the product, in 
conformity with Locarno Classification;  
 
d) priority data (if any);   dh) number of designs included in the application in the case of multiple designs. 
 
 
CHAPTER IV 
EXAMINATION OF REQUEST ON ABSOLUTE BASIS  
AND DESIGN REGISTRATION 
 
1. Examination of absolute grounds for refusal 
 
1.1 Upon certifying the filing date, the examiner shall examine whether the application is in 
compliance with Article 115 of the law within three months from the issuance of the filing certificate. 
 1.2 In the course of such examination, DGPT ma y require additional documents and materials from 
the applicant by sending a request in writing. Th e applicant shall submit the required documents to 
DGPT within two months from the notification date, otherwise the request shall be refused and the 
applicant shall be informed of such refusal th rough a notice in writing that includes the grounds of 
such refusal.  1.3 If the examination finds that the application for the registration of the design is not in compliance 
with the requirements of Article 115 of the Law, DGP T shall refuse such app lication and shall inform 
the applicant of such refusal through a notice in  writing that includes the grounds of such refusal. 
 2. Design registration  
2.1 If no opposition is filed by third parties against the registration of a design within three months 
from the publication date of the application, DGPT sh all issue the notification for the payment of the 
registration fee and shall ask the applicant to pa y the fee and submit a document showing the payment 
of the respective fee to DGPT within one m onth from the receipt of the notification. 
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  2.2 If the applicant fails to pay the registration f ee within the established timeline, DGPT shall refuse 
the application for the registration of the design a nd shall inform the applicant in writing accordingly. 
 2.3 If the applicant pays the registration fee within  the established timeline, DGPT shall register the 
design with the register of designs and shall issue the registration certificate within three months from 
the date of payment. 
 2.4 DGPT shall publish the registered design in the Industrial Property Gazette.  3. Data contained in the design registration certificate 
 
3.1 The design registration certificate shall contain:   
a) name and address of the owner of the registered design;   
b) number of the request and registration number of the design;  
 c) filing date, date of expiration of the protection, date of regist ration and the priority date (if 
any);   ç) the product represented by the design and th e category and subcategory of the product, in 
compliance with Locarno Classification;  
 d) images of the design;   dh) publication date of the design;  
 
e) number of designs to be registered, in the case of multiple designs;   ë) name and address of the design creator, except for when the creator requests that his name 
is not mentioned by a statement in writing. 
 
4. Changes to or withdrawal of application prior to design registration 
 4.1 If there is a change of name and/or address of the applicant or the applicant has transferred the 
rights on the design to a third party in the course of the examination of the application for the 
registration of a design, DGPT, following submissi on by the applicant of the respective forms and 
documents which prove the above changes and payment of the designated fee, shall register the 
design with the new data in the register of designs, without changing the filing date of the application. 
 4.2. The applicant may request in writing correction of errors or inaccuracies found in the application for the registration of the design, where the latter c onsist in the name or address of the applicant, of 
the creator or of the applicant’s representatives,  or any other inaccuracies that do not affect the 
essence of the application elements, for as long as th e application has not been registered in the 
register of designs.  4.3 The applicant shall have the right to withdraw the application for the registration of a design by a request in writing for as long as the design has not b een registered in the register of designs. Upon 
filing of such a request, the application shall be deemed withdrawn. In the case of multiple designs, 
the applicant may withdraw some of the designs incl uded in the application or the entire application. 
 4.4 Registration date of the design in  the register of designs shall be considered the date of issuance of 
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5. Division of the application for multiple designs  5.1 In the case of multiple design application, the ap plicant may request the division of the application 
by submitting the FD10 form and the document showing the payment of the respective fee. 
 
5.2 Separate applications shall have the same filing date as the initial application and shall be 
processed by DGPT as applications for single desi gns, according to the Law and this regulation. 
 5.3 DGPT may request the applicant to divide th e multiple design application where the products 
these designs shall apply to or be joined with bel ong to different categories of the International Design 
Classification (Locarno).  5.4 The separate application shall be granted the right of priority of the initial application only if such 
priority right has been requested from the applicant in the request for the division of the application 
and if the priority of initial application is applicable to it. 
  
CHAPTER V 
PUBLICATIONS IN THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY GAZETTE 
 1. Types of publications 
 1.1 In accordance with Article 122 of the Law, DGPT sh all publish the data related to the applications 
for design registration in the Industrial Property G azette. In the Gazette shall be published also the 
following data: design registration, renewals, licensi ng and transfer of the ownership of registered 
designs, the changes of name, address of the design owner, surrender and cancellation of the 
registered designs.  2. Publication of design applications and registrations  2.1 Data published in the gazette with respect to applications for the registration of designs shall 
include:  
 
a) name and address of the applicant;   b) number of applica tion and filing date;  
 
c) name and address of the design creator, unless the creator requests in writing that his name 
is not mentioned;  ç) design images;  
d) the product represented by the design and the category and subcategory of the product in 
accordance with Locarno Classification;   dh) data on priority (if any);   
e) number of designs included in the ap plication in the case of multiple designs. 
 2.2 Data published on the gazette with r espect to registered designs include:  
 
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b) number of application and registration number of the design;  c) filing date, date of expiration of the protec tion term, date of registration and the priority 
date (if any); 
 
ç) the product represented by the design and th e category and subcategory of the product, in 
accordance with Locarno Classification;  d) name and address of the design creator, unless the creator requests in writing that his name 
is not mentioned; 
 dh) number of designs included in appl ication in the case of multiple designs. 
 2.3 If the applicant has filed together with the a pplication a request in writing to extend the design 
publication and has paid the designated fee, DGPT  shall publish the design in accordance with the 
requirements of Article 122(3) of the Law.   
CHAPTER VI 
OPPOSITION TO DESIGN REGISTRATION 
 
1. Filing of the opposition  1.1 Opposition against a published design may be f iled with DGPT within three months from the 
publication date by the individuals referred to in  Article 123(1) through the submission of the 
following documents: 
 
a) the FD8 form of opposition to the design registration;   b) the payment document of the opposition fee. 
 
1.2 The opponent shall submit the following documents:  
 
a) power of attorney, where the opposition is filed by the opponent representative; 
 b) documents proving that the opponent enjoys one of the rights provided for by Article 116 
of the Law. 
 2. Examination of opposition from the Board of Appeals  2.1 The Board of Appeals at DGPT shall examine the opposition and make the respective decision within three months from the date such opposition was filed. 
 
2.2 In the case where the opposition fails to meet th e requirements provided for by point 1.1 of this 
Chapter, the board of appeals shall consider the opposition as unfiled and shall notify the opponent in 
writing.  
2.3 In the case where the opposition fails to meet the requirements of point 1.2 of this chapter, the 
Board of Appeals shall request the opponent in wr iting to complete the missing documents within 
30 days from the notification date, otherwise the opposition shall be considered as unfiled. 
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  2.4 When the opposition meets all the requirements of point 1 of this chapter, the Board of Appeals 
shall admit the opposition for exam ination and shall inform in wr iting the applicant of the design 
against which such opposition is filed, asking the latt er to submit his claims in writing with respect to 
the opposition and any other docum ents supporting his claims the within one month from the 
notification date. 
 
2.5 In the course of examination, the Board of Appeal s has the right to request the parties in writing to 
provide other additional material s and documents which one month from the notification date. The 
Board of Appeals may require the parties in writin g to attend the examination procedure of the 
opposition and provide their arguments verbally and se nds them a notification on the date and hour of 
the opposition examination hearing. 
 3. Processing of the application following the decision on the opposition  3.1 Where the Board of Appeals decides to downturn the opposition and the decision is not appealed 
in court, a copy of the board decision shall be include d in the application file for the registration of the 
design and the examiner shall continue with the registration procedure of the design, in accordance 
with the provisions of this  Law and this regulation. 
 3.2 Where the Board of Appeals decides to uphold the opposition and the decision is appealed in 
court, a copy of the board decision shall be included in the application file for the registration of a 
design and the examiner shall issue the notifi cation for the refusal of the registration. 
 3.3 In the case where the decision of the Board of  Appeals with regard to an opposition of the 
registration of a design is appealed in court, copy of the final court decision shall be included in the 
application file for the registration of the desi gn and DGPT shall refuse or register the design 
according to the court decision. 
  
CHAPTER VII 
CHANGE OF THE NAME AND/OR ADDRESS OF DESIGN OWNER 
 1. Application filing 
 1.1 The design owner may require changing the name  and/or addressing in the register of designs, 
according to Article 130 of the Law. The application for the change of name is filed to DGPT through 
the FD5 form and the application for the change of address through the FD6 form. 
 
1.2 Together with the application, the following documents shall be submitted:  
 
a) the document showing the payment of the designated fee;   b) power of attorney, where the application is filed by the representative of the design owner;  
 
c) in the case where the change of name of the design owner is required, the document 
certifying such change. 
 2. Examination of the request by DGPT 
 
2.1 DGPT shall examine the application for the change  of name and/or address of the design owner to 
find if it is in compliance with the requirements of point 1 of this chapter and, if there are missing documents, informs the applicant to make the releva nt completions within three months from the date 
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2.2 DGPT shall register the change of name and/or  address of the design owner in the register of 
designs and shall inform the applicant on the regist ration of the change within 6 months from the date 
where the application meets all the requirements of poi nt 1 of this chapter. The change is published in 
the Industrial Property Gazette. 
 
 
CHAPTER VIII 
TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP ON A REGISTERED DESIGN 
 1. Application filing 
 1.1 The application for transferring the ownership on a registered design, provided for by Article 131 of the Law shall be filed to DGPT through the FD3 form by the existing owner or the new owner of 
the design. 
 
1.2 Together with the application the app licant shall submit the following documents:  
 
a) the document showing the payment of the designated fee;   b) power of attorney, where the application is filed by the representative of the design owner;  
 
c) the ownership transfer act, which should be notarized. 
 2. Examination of application by DGPT  
2.1 DGPT shall examine the application for the owners hip transfer to find if it is in compliance with 
point 1 of this Chapter and, if there are missi ng documents, it sends a notification to applicant 
requiring from him to make the relevant comple tions within three months from the date of 
notification, otherwise the application shall be refused.  2.2 DGPT shall register the change of design ownershi p in the register of designs and shall notify the 
applicant on the registration of the change within 6 months from the date where the application meets 
all the requirements of point 1 of this chapter. Th e notification on the change of the design ownership 
shall be published in the Industrial Property Gazette. 
  
CHAPTER IX 
REGISTRATION OF LICENSE CONTRACT 
 
1. Application filing  1.1 The request for the registration of the license contract on the registered design, provided by 
Article 129 of the Law, shall be filed to DG PT by the design owner through the FD4 form. 
 1.2 Together with the application, the appli cant shall also submit the following documents:  
 
a) the document showing the payment of the designated fee;  
 
b) power of attorney, where the application is filed by the representative of the design owner;  
 c) the license contract, which shall meet the requirements of Article 129(1) of the Law. 
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  2. Examination of application by DGPT 
 2.1 DGPT shall examine the application for registration of the license contract to find if it is in compliance with the provisions of point 1 of this chapter and if there are missing documents, it sends 
a notification to applicant requiring from him to make  the relevant completions within three months 
from the date of notification, otherw ise the application shall be refused. 
 2.2 DGPT shall register the license contract in the re gister of designs and shall notify the applicant on 
the registration of the change within 6 months from the date where the application meets all the 
requirements of point 1 of this chapter. The notif ication on the change of the design ownership shall 
be published in the Industrial Property Gazette. 
  
CHAPTER X 
DESIGN RENEWAL 
 
1. Filing of the application for design renewal  1.1 The application for the design renewal, as provi ded by Article 128 of the Law, shall be submitted 
to DGPT by the design owner through the FD2 form and shall include also the document showing the 
payment of the designated fee. 
 
1.2 Together with the application, the design owner shall also submit the power of attorney, where his 
application is filed by the representative of that design owner.  1.3 The application for the design renewal, whic h includes the FD2 form and the document showing 
the payment of the designated fee, shall be s ubmitted to DGPT within six months prior to the 
expiration of the protection term of the design. Th e date of expiration of the design protection term 
shall be the last day of such term. If the applica tion is not submitted within such term, it may be 
submitted within an additional period of six months from the day when the design protection term has 
expired and against payment of an additional fee.  
1.4 In the case of multiple designs, the design owne r may apply for the renewal of all the designs 
contained in the registration or for some of them.  2. Examination of the application DGPT  
2.1 DGPT shall examine the application for design re newal to find if it is in compliance with the 
provisions of point 1 of this chapter and if ther e are missing documents, it sends a notification to 
applicant requiring from him to make the relevant co mpletions within three months from the date of 
notification, otherwise the application shall be refused.  2.2 When the application for the design renewal is in compliance with the requirements of point 1 of 
this chapter, DGPT shall register such renewal in the register of designs within 6 months from the 
date the date where the application meets all the requirements of point 1 of this chapter.  2.3 The design renewal certificate shall contain:   
a) name and address of the design owner; 
 b) number of application and regi stration number of the design;  
 c) filing date, protection expiration date, date of renewal and the priority date (if any);  IP/N/1/ALB/D/3 
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ç) the product represented by the design and the category and subcategory, in accordance with 
Locarno Classification;   d) design images;  
 
dh) design publication date;   e) number of designs included in the regi stration, in the case of multiple designs;  
 
ë) name and address of the design creator, unless when the creator requests that his name is 
not mentioned. 
 2.4 DGPT shall publish the renewal in  the Industrial Property Gazette. 
 
 
CHAPTER XI 
REGISTRATION OF SURRENDER OF A DESIGN 
 
1. Filing of an application for surrender from the registered design  
1.1 Application for the registration of surrender from a registered design, provided by Article 137 of 
the Law, shall be submitted by the design owner to DGPT through FD7 form.  1.2 Together with the application, the appli cant shall also submit the following documents:  
 
a) the document showing the payment of the designated fee;  
 b) power of attorney, where the application is filed by the representative of the design owner;  
 c) in the case where a license contract on the desi gn has been registered  in the register of 
designs, the declaration of the licensee affirming that he is informed of the application for 
surrender, in accordance with Article 137(2) of the Law;  
 ç) if judicial proceedings are in place on the design protection right, the declaration of the plaintiff affirming that he agrees with the regi stration of the surrender, in accordance with 
Article 137(2). 
 
2. Examination of application by DGPT  2.1 DGPT shall examine the application for surrender to find if it is in compliance with the provisions 
of point 1 of this chapter and if there are miss ing documents, it sends a no tification to applicant 
requiring from him to make the relevant comple tions within three months from the date of 
notification, or otherwise the application shall be refused. 
 2.2 DGPT shall register the surrender of design in the register of designs and shall notify the applicant 
on the registration of the change within 6 months from the date where the application meets all the 
requirements of point 1 of this chapter. The notif ication on the change of the design ownership shall 
be published in the Industrial Property Gazette. 
 2.3 In the case where the registered design is a multi ple design, its owner may apply for surrender of 
all the designs or some of them declaring at the moment of application which designs he wants to 
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CHAPTER XII 
APPEALS AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS 
 1. Filing of an appeal 
 1.1 Within two months upon receipt of the notificatio n for the refusal of the ap plication, the applicant 
is entitled to file an appeal against the decision of  DGPT with the Board of Appeals, in accordance 
with Article 126 of the law, by depositing the following documents to DGPT: 
 
a) FD9 form of appeal, with the signature of the applicant or of his representative;  
 b) document certifying the payment of the fee of appeal;   
c) power of attorney if the appeal is file d with by the representative of the applicant. 
 2. Examination of the appeal by DGPT Board of Appeals  2.1 The Board of Appeals shall examine whether th e appeal meets the requirements of point 1.1 of 
this chapter and if such requirements are not met, the Board of Appeals shall notify the applicant in 
writing that his appeal is considered as unfiled. 
 2.2 Where the request for appeal meets the requireme nts of point 1 of this chapter, the Board of 
Appeals shall examine the request fo r appeal within three months from its filing and shall inform the 
applicant of the decision. The submitter of the appeal  shall have the right to file a complaint against 
the decision of the Board of Appeals in court,  in accordance with Article 126, paragraph 4. 
 2.3 During the examination, the Board of Appeals sh all have the right to require from the submitter of 
the appeal against the decision to provide other a dditional materials and documents within one month 
from the notification date.  
3. Application processing after the decision on the appeal 
 3.1 Where the Board of Appeals decides to uphold the appeal and no appeal is filed against the 
decision in court, a copy of the decision of the Boar d shall be included in the application file for the 
registration of the design and the examiner shall c ontinue the procedure for the registration of the 
design, in accordance with the provisions  of the Law and of the regulation. 
 3.2 In the case where the Board of Ap peal decides to reject the appeal  and no appeal is filed against 
the decision in court, a copy of the Board decision shall be included in the application file for the 
registration of the design and the refusal becomes final.  
3.3 In the case where the Board decision is appealed ag ainst in court, a copy of the final decision of 
the court shall be included in the application file  for the registration of the design and DGPT shall 
refuse or register the design in accordance with the court decision. 
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  CHAPTER XIII 
OTHER DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY DGPT  
WITH RESPECT TO DESIGNS 
 
1. Extracts and investigations responses issued from the register of designs 
 
1.1 According to Article 192(2) and Article 194 of  the Law, DGPT shall issue to concerned parties 
extracts from the register of designs, as well as th e responses to applications for investigation. 
 1.2 The application for an extract from the register of designs shall be filed with DGPT in writing and 
shall also be accompanied with the document showi ng the payment of the d esignated fee, otherwise 
the application shall be considered as unfiled. The register extract issued by DGPT shall contain all 
the data related to the design and the hi story of changes it has been subject to. 
 1.3 The application for investigation with respect to  a design shall be filed with DGPT in writing and 
shall be accompanied with the document showing the payment of the designated fee, otherwise the 
application shall be considered as unfiled. DGPT sh all send the applicant a notification in writing with 
respect to the result of investigation of the register of designs.  2. Duplicates and the priority document  
2.1 The owner of a registered design shall have the right to apply for a duplicate of the design 
registration certificate, of the renewal certificate or of other notifications issu ed by DGPT with respect 
to the registration of changes to the register of d esigns by an application in writing, which shall be 
accompanied with the document showing the payment of the designated fee and with the power of 
attorney where the application is filed by the representative of the design owner, otherwise the 
application shall be considered as unfiled. 
 2.2 The applicant who has filed an application for the registration of a design with DGPT shall have 
the right to request a priority document for the design within 6 months from the filing date of the 
application for design registration against the payment of the designated fee.  
2.3 The priority document issued by DGPT shall contain the following data:  
 
a) filing date and number;   b) name and address of the applicant;  
 
c) name and address of the design creator;   ç) the product represented by the design and th e category and subcategory of the product in 
accordance with Locarno Classification;   
d) number of designs included in the app lication, in the case of multiple designs;  
 dh) presentation (reproduction) of the design in  accordance with the images submitted by the 
applicant. 
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  3. Correction of acts by DGPT 
 3.1 In the case where DGPT issues acts which contain errors or inaccuracies that are not made by the 
applicant, DGPT shall correct them upon a request in  writing submitted by the applicant or the design 
owner. DGPT shall re-issue the corrected act, afte r the applicant or design owner submits original 
copy of the act which is required to be corrected, re flect the correction in the register of designs and 
publishes such design in the Industrial Property Gazette.  
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