1. The protection of a registered EU design shall commence with its registration by the Office.
2. A registered EU design shall be registered for a period of five years calculated from the date of filing of the application for registration. The right holder may renew the registration, in accordance with Article 66, for one or more periods of five years each, up to a total term of protection of 25 years from the date of filing of the application for registration.
Text as published in the Official Journal, reproduced verbatim (including any typographical quirks of the source). For the authentic version, see EUR-Lex.
