Shortcuts and tools - design

Designs act and regulations

• Norwegian Designs Act (unofficial translation)
• Norwegian Designs Regulations (unofficial translation)

Norwegian Official Gazette

• Norwegian Official Gazette

Appeal options

• Appeal options on designs

Classification

All registered designs are placed in different classes according to an international classification system for designs, the Locarno Classification.

• Classification
• Locarno Classification Link to WIPO

Forms - Design

• File new appliction with application guide
• New application for registration of design Link to Altinn
• Submit a written opposition to NIPO or KFIR (form in Norwegian only) Use this form to submit a claim or opposition to the Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO), or file an appeal against NIPO’s decisions to the Norwegian Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights (KFIR). Link to Altinn

See complete list of forms

International agreements

• Hague System – The International Design System Link to WIPO
• EU designs Link to EUIPO
• EU designs - regulations Link to EUIPO

Fees and payment

• Fees for design registration
• Information on payment and renewals
• Link to our payment service Requires login
• The Norwegian Regulation on fees (unofficial translation)

No Norwegian national ID number?

We have a secure electronic solution in the Norwegian internet portal Altinn, for those of our customers without a national ID number. File applications and communicate with us electronically.

• Read more about electronic filing for foreign citizens