!!!Musterschutz Registered Design, Protection of, legal protection of models for an industrial product; application at the Patent Office or an economic chamber for registration in the design register. The design has to be published in the Austrian "Musteranzeiger" (Patent/Design Gazette) by the Patent Office before protection of the design takes effect. Protection is guaranteed for 5 years and can be extended by two further five-year periods. First legal regulation in 1858, then 1970, law on the protection of registered designs in 1990. !Literature W. Loibl and M. Pruckner, Musterschutz-Gesetz (short commentary), 1993. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Musterschutz|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]