Article 69 - Term of Protection of the Design and Renewal

Article 69

1. The term of protection of a registered designs covers a period of five-year as from the date of filing. This period may be prolonged in total up to twenty five- year by means of renewing in five-year periods.
   (2) The term of protection of unregistered designs covers a period of three-year as from first presentation date to the public of the design for which protection is demanded.
   (3) The registration of the design is renewed upon the request of the design owner provided that the proof of payment of the renewal fee is submitted to the Office in time.
   (4) Request for renewal shall be made by the design owner within six months before the expiry of the protection date and the information demonstrating payment of the renewal fee shall be submitted to the Office within the same period. If no request is made or the information demonstrating payment of the renewal fee is not submitted to the Office within this period, renewal request may be made within six months after the expiry of the protection date provided that additional fee is paid.
   (5) The renewal shall take effect from the day following the expiration of the previous day protection period. The renewal operation shall be recorded in the register and published in the Bulletin.
   (6) Design right related to non-renewable designs expires on the day when duration of protection ends.