National and international design right authorities

Designs

• For applicants
  • What is design right?
  • Requirements for registration
    • Novelty
    • Individual character
    • Other obstacles
  • Classification of designs
    • Classes and subclasses
    • General remarks
  • Preliminary examinations
  • How to apply
    • Photographs and drawings
      • Specimen
    • Indication of product and class
    • Priority
    • Applicant
    • Representative
    • Secrecy
    • Payment
  • Application process at the PRH
    • Examination and registration
    • Office action
      • Responding to office actions
    • Opposition
      • Representative
      • Opposition proceedings
    • Appeal
• For owners
  • Monitor your exclusive right
  • Renew your registration
    • Watch out for misleading letters and payment reminders
  • Change your register details
    • Transfer of design right and change of owner
    • Change of owner’s details
    • Change of representative or representative’s name
    • Licencing
    • Pledging
    • Amendment of registered design
  • Registration abroad
    • Community designs
    • International registrations (WIPO)
    • National registrations
• Design Information Service
  • Search instructions
• Design Gazette
• About the Designs Register
• Price list and payment instructions
  • Payment instructions
  • Application and registration fees
  • Price list for examinations and information searches
• Forms
• Legislation and other guidelines
  • Registered Designs Act
  • Registered Designs Decree
  • Common practices of the EUIPO and the member states
• Statistics
  • Design registration applications and designs applied for
  • International registrations designating Finland, and designs included in them
  • Companies owning design rights
• Other websites