Under German law, the registered design (German: eingetragenes Design), formerly called Geschmacksmuster ("aesthetic model"), is a form of intellectual property that extends industrial design rights over the visual design of objects that is not purely utilitarian. The term of a Geschmacksmuster is twenty-five years (§ 27 (2) GeschmMG), as it is for a community design. See also Design patent Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (German Patent and Trade Mark Office) EU Directive on the legal protection of designs Gebrauchsmuster (German utility model) Trade dress References External links Designs at the Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (German Patent and Trade Mark Office) Deutsches Geschmacksmustergesetz (German Design Patent Law) German intellectual property law Industrial design