Laws / ordinances

German legal texts on the Internet

Current texts of laws available online, free of charge

The current texts of industrial property laws are available online at Gesetze im Internet. The Federal Ministry of Justice in cooperation with juris GmbH provides almost the complete current Federal German law on the Internet.

The most important industrial property laws are also available on that site, free of charge.

Important industrial property laws

• Gesetz über Arbeitnehmererfindungen (ArbnErfG) (law on employees' inventions)
• Gebrauchsmustergesetz (GebrMG) (utility model law)
• Geschmacksmustergesetz (GeschmMG) (designs law)
• Markengesetz (MarkenG) (trade mark law)
• Patentanwaltsordnung (PatAnwO) (law concerning patent attorneys)
• Patentgesetz (PatG) (patent law)
• Urheberrechtsgesetz (UrhG) (copyright law)
• Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb (UWG) (unfair competition law)

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