Registration of designs

Published: 22.01.2021.
Updated: 19.07.2024.

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Registration of the design in Latvia guarantees its owner the exclusive right to this design in the territory of Latvia.

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1. Filing of a design registration application

A design registration application must be submitted. The application must include:

a petition for registration of a design (completed design application form);
a representation or a set of representations which provide a clear and complete conception of the features of the design.

A single application can apply to the registration of one or more designs. If the application covers several designs, the designs covered must fall within the same class of the International Classification of Designs (Locarno Classification), with the exception of designs having the character of ornamentation. An additional fee is to be paid for each design included in the application in addition to the first design.

The application fee must be paid within one month of the date of filing of the application for registration.

If the applicant wishes to keep the design undisclosed for a certain period of time, he may request a deferment of publication of the design, but not for longer than 30 months from the date of the application. Such a request may be annexed to the application at the time of filing or sent in after filing until the Patent Office has taken a decision on the registration of the design. A fee for deferment of publication is applied.

The power of attorney shall be attached to the application if it is filed through an authorised person. The original copy of the power of attorney must be submitted and, where the power of attorney is applicable to several applications, a copy must be attached to each application separately. Professional patent attorneys may file an application without a power of attorney.

2. Examination of a design registration application

The Patent Office carries out an examination of formal requirements and assesses whether the design is registrable. The Law on Designs sets out the circumstances under which the Patent Office may refuse the registration of a design. Section 9 of the Law on Designs sets out the objects which are not protected by the registration of a design, while Section 21 of the Law on Designs provides that a design must meet the definition of a design in Clause 1 of Section 1 of the Law on Designs.

The Patent Office does not assess whether the design has novelty, individual character or whether it has been disclosed to the public before the filing date.

3. Registration and publication of a design

If the design is declared registrable, the applicant shall be notified thereof. The applicant shall pay the fee for registration and publication of the design, and if applicable, an additional fee for each additional representation included in the publication other than the first.

The notice of registration of the design is published in the official publication of the Patent Office. The proprietor of the design is issued a certificate of registration in paper or electronic format. When obtaining the certificate in paper format, the invitation from the Patent Office to appear for the certificate of registration of the design must presented.

Design registration is valid for 5 years from the filing date. Registration may be renewed each time for a new 5-year period up to a maximum period of protection of 25 years from the date of application.

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Position	Price
Filing of a design application	40.00 EUR
second to tenth design	30.00 EUR
eleventh and subsequent designs	20.00 EUR
Postponement of publication under Section 19, Paragraph 1 of the Law on Designs	40.00 EUR
Registration and publication of a design (including grant of registration certificate)	65.00 EUR
Publication of each reproduction in excess of one	10.00 EUR

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.