Documents that require signature

• Application form
  A renewal application form does not require a signature; the payment serves as confirmation of the renewal.
• Transfer of Rights
  The rights to the applied-for design must be transferred from the designer to a legal entity. For example, if a company applies for design protection, the design rights must be transferred from the designer to the company.
• Power of Attorney
• General power of attorney (documents submitted via eOLF/wOLF are also accepted)
• Withdrawal of entire application
  As regards the withdrawal of a certain pattern/design in an application for multiple registrations, an email is sufficient.
• Cancellation of Registration
• Document that secrecy is to be ended/shortened
• All other certificates verifying the transfer of design, such as instruments of inheritance
• Documents confirming priority
• Letter of consents
• Coexistence agreements
• Licensing Agreements

PRV accepts both physical signatures and electronic advanced or qualified signatures as described in the e-IDAS regulation.

eIDAS Regulation

If you are unsure whether the e-signature service you are using meets the required standards, your service provider should be able to confirm the level of signature it supports.

Email

PRV accepts scanned original documents submitted via email as PDF attachments. Please note that this does not apply to general powers of attorney.

PRV may request a document to be given in with original signature or as certified copy if PRV finds reasons therefor, for example if there are doubts to whom the document originates from.

For sending confidential information to PRV, such as images, please use our encrypted e-services. Please be aware that unencrypted email is not a secure form of communication. For cybersecurity reasons, we kindly advise against using unencrypted email, especially for sending confidential material.

Here you find online services for design protection. - PRV

You can apply for design registration and renew design registrations via our online services. PRV recommends using these services. All documents signed and submitted through our online services are considered original documents, as submission is electronically signed with an electronic ID.

PRV does not verify authorized signatories
PRV does not verify whether the person signing a submitted document is authorized company signatory or holds valid power of attorney. We assume the sender of the document is authorized. The parties themselves are responsible for ensuring that documents are signed by an authorized individual.