Extension Act

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Basic data
Title: Law on the extension of industrial property rights
Short title: Extension Act
Abbreviation: First Act
Type: Federal law
Scope: Federal Republic of Germany
Legal matter: Intellectual Property
References : 424-3-8
Issued on: April 23, 1992 ( BGBl. I p. 938 )
Entry into force on: May 1, 1992
Last change by: Art. 14 G of April 4, 2016
( Federal Law Gazette I pp. 558, 567 )
Effective date of the
last change:
July 1, 2016
(Art. 15 G of April 4, 2016)
GESTA : C087
Weblink: Text of the law
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

With the German Extension Act , the legal unity between the patent law of the former German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany was established in the field of industrial property protection .