Renewal of Industrial Design in Italy

Here you can mandate us with the renewal of your registered industrial design in Italy. We will renew your design for another 5 years term of design protection up to the total term of 25 years

We take care of the renewal of your registered design in Italy. We monitor the duration of protection, we file the renewal request, pay the renewal fees and keep you updated about the upcoming renewal period of protection.

The maximum term of design protection in Italy is 25 years. The protection starts with the day of filing of the application at the Italian intellectual property office or the claimed prior application date (priority date).

Upon registration of a design in Italy it shall be protected by a registered industrial design for a period of five years from the date of filing the application (or the claimed prior application date). The right holder may have renewed the term of protection for one or more periods of five years each, up to the total term of 25 years.

The renewal of a registered design in Italy shall be done by a formal request, provided that the renewal fee will be paid too. Both shall be done within the protection period. Renewal shall have effect from the expiry of the registration.

The request for renewal may be submitted to the Italy intellectual property office within the last 3 months of the current protection period and the renewal fee shall be paid within the same period. The request and payment must have been done at least within the first 6 months after the expiry of the current protection period. If this possibility for renewal was failed the design will become free to use in Italy. s

Where during the period of 6 months immediately following the end of a period of subsistence of the design right the renewal fee and any prescribed additional fee are paid, the design right shall be deemed not to have expired A late renewal fee is requested.

Our offer relates to the renewal of a single design registration and includes the general renewal fee but not the additional fee for late renewal in case of failing the general time for renewal.

Accepting the contract is subject to the circumstance that you will hire us early enough so that the request and the payment of the official fees can be arranged in time.