Registration and Publication

Your application will be registered once the requirements for a registered Community design have been fulfilled and the application has not been refused. OHIM will then register the application in the Community Design Register as a registered Community design. The registration date will be the date of filing of your application.

Once the design has been registered, it will be published in the Community Designs Bulletin. OHIM will then issue the registration certificate. On request, OHIM will provide further certified or uncertified copies of the certificate, upon payment of a fee. For this, you can use our Inspection form.

Deferred publication

At any time during the deferment period, up to a maximum of 27 months, the applicant can request (by post or fax) the publication.

Publication fee payment following deferment
The fee for publication following deferment has to be paid within a maximum of 27 months at the latest from the date of filing (or from the date of priority, if any). The fee is EUR 120 for the publication of a single application, i.e. one design. For multiple applications, the fees vary. Full details can be found here.

If the owner does not pay the publication fee within the deadline, the registered Community design right will not be published and will be lost.

Publication of the registration
The following, if applicable, will be found under each non-deferred publication of the registration:

File number
Language of filing and second language
Date of filing
Date of entry into the Register
Date of publication
Registration number
Name(s) of designer(s) or team of designers
Name and address of the holder
Name and business address of the representative
Locarno classification
Indication of the product(s)
Country, date and number of application for which priority is claimed (Paris Convention priority)
Name, place and date on which the design was first exhibited (exhibition priority)
Indication that a specimen was filed
Indication that a description was filed
Representation of the design.