Protection & Service There are several ways to protect an invention. Patent Voucher If you don't have enough funds to patent your invention then a promotion via the FFG is right for you. learn more Searches and expert opinions (Section 57a of the…
You can now file your patent or utility model applications conveniently using our web-based online form - completely without additional software or smartcard! Content Utility models Which inventions cannot be protected by means of a utility model?…
Internationale Trademark (Madrid System) The Madrid Agreement (MMA) and the Protocol to the Madrid Agreement (MMP) govern the international registration of trademarks. This gives you the opportunity to extend the protection of your trademark (or…
On the day of a design’s lawful application the applicant obtains her/his right of priority. Should the applicant be entitled to a right of priority on account of a foreign application this right of priority must be claimed expressly. The date of the…
NOTICE! Downloads are only available in German. Trademarks Gemeinsame Mitteilung zur Auslegung des Schutzumfangs der Klassenüberschriften der Klassifikation von Nizza (März 2022), pdf , 450 KB Gemeinsame Mitteilung über die Zulässigkeit von…
Patent Voucher In the main the success of a technological startup is dependent on two factors: the creativeness of its invention and the marketing of the same. The Patent Voucher is a support of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and…
The benefits of a registered Design A registered design legally safeguards the appearance of an industrial product, i.e. those of its features discernible to the human eye. These features of the industrial product are its lines, outlines, colors,…
Contents Oppostion Appeal Trademark infringement Cancellation Forms Opposition Once an Austrian trademark has been published in the Austrian Trademark Gazette , the owner of a registered trademark or trademark application (which must mature to…
You must provide notification of any change of registered address, assignment of rights, naming of inventors, conversion of an application, etc. during the procedure or term of the protection Forms for all property rights (A/GM/SZ/HT) Patent national…
PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATION BRIEFLY EXPLAINED Anyone can file a patent application provisionally. Provisional, because you do not have to pay the full fees right away. Provisional, because you do not have to observe the formal requirements for the…
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