Registration of designs

Regulations

• Law on Industrial Property Institutions and Procedures
• Law on Designs
• Regulations Regarding the Sample Forms of the Registration Procedure of Designs and the Sample Registration Certificate Thereof
• Patentu valdes maksas pakalpojumu cenrādis

Payments

We offer to complete and submit an online application form for registering a design in Latvia.

This is the fastest and simplest way of filing an application.

The application form includes the instructions and explanations on how to use it.

To be able to use this service, the user must be authenticated with one of the authentication tools on the portal Latvija.lv.

You can interrupt the process of submission, save it to your computer and proceed with it at any time convenient for you.

If the applicant is a legal entity or natural person who is not a designer at the same time, the application fee, including the applicable 10% discount for immediate payment via Internet banking, is calculated automatically.

The discount will not be applied if the applicant chooses the available option not to pay the application fee at the time of submission. Payment must be made within one month of the filing date. The date by which payment must be received on the Patent Office’s account is indicated on the invoice.

The service is available 24 hours a day.

The application should include:

• information that allows to clearly identify the applicant (design owner). The applicant's declared place of residence must be indicated in the Address section.

• reproduction(s) of the design that gives a clear and complete picture of the features of the design. The allowed image formats are JPEG, JPG, BMP, TIFF, TIF, PNG. The maximum size of each separate image file should not exceed 15 MB. The recommended image size is 8 cm x 8 cm. The minimum image resolution is 300 dpi.

• name of the product to which the design is applied

• information that allows to identify the designer

• information about the applicant’s representative and his/her representative’s power of attorney if the application is submitted through the representative.

Before applying, it is recommended to search the Databases of Designs to make sure if the same or similar designs have not already been registered in Latvia.

Applying for and registering a design is for fee: Fees. An application fee depends on the number of designs in the application and the status of the owner. The registration fee is payable if the design is approved as registrable, and it depends on the number of designs included in the registration and publication. If the Patent Office refuses to register the design, the application fee will not be paid back.

If the applicant wishes to keep the design secret for a certain period, he/she may request deferment of publication of the design, but no longer than for 30 months from the date of application. Such request may be included in the application or attached to it until the Patent Office takes a decision on registration of the design. There is a fee for deferment of publication.

The registration of a design is valid for 5 years from its application date unless it is excluded from the Register before this term at the initiative of the owner of the design or declared invalid. If the registration is excluded or declared invalid, the application fee and the registration fee are not paid back. At the end of the 5-year period, the registration may be renewed every five years, up to a maximum of 25 years from the date of application.

The application can be submitted electronically, using E-service, E-address or e-mail address pasts@lrpv.gov.lv, if the application is signed with a secure electronic signature (if the application does not contain special categories of personal data), as well as in person.