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# Designs Act (DesA)

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## Designs Act (DesA)

SR 232.12 — Federal Act of 5 October 2001 on the Protection of Designs (Designs Act, DesA).

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## Preamble

The Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation, on the basis of Article 122 of the Federal Constitution, and having considered the Federal Council Dispatch dated 16 February 2000, decrees:

SR 101 Amended by Annex No 5 of the FA of 21 June 2013, in force since 1 Jan. 2017 (AS 2015 3631; BBl 2009 8533). BBl 2000 2729

## Contents

1\. General Provisions — 18 articles 2. Filing and Registration — 13 articles 3. Legal Remedies — 28 articles 4. Final Provisions — 4 articles

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