Austria: Business Environment
Type of property and law | Validity | International Agreements Signed |
Patent Patent Law (Federal Law No. 259/1970), last amended in 2001. |
20 years (maximum). |
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) |
Trademark Trademark Protection Law (Federal Law No. 260/1970), last amended by in 1999. |
10 years (extendible). |
Trademark Law Treaty Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks |
Design Semiconductor Protection Right Law 1988 (Federal Law No. 372/88 on the Protection of Topographies of Microelectronic Semiconductor Products), last amended in 1996. |
10 years (maximum) | |
Copyright Federal Act on Copyright in Works of Literature and Act on Related Rights, April 1936, last amendment in 1998. |
Generally 70 years after the death of the author of the work. |
Berne convention For the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms Rome ConventionFor the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations WIPO Copyright Treaty WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty |
Industrial Models Designs Law (Federal Law No. 497/1990, June 1990), last amended in 1992. |
5 years ( extendible up to 25 years after every 5 years). |
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