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10 J. Pat. Off. Soc'y 199 (1927-1928)
German Patent and German D. R. G. M.

handle is hein.journals/jpatos10 and id is 219 raw text is: GERMAN PATENT AND GERMAN D.R.G.M. GERMAN PATENT AND GERMAN D. R. G. M. By DR. FRANZ HERZFELD and DR. FREDA HERZFELD-HOFFMANN Patentianwaelte Inventions can be protected in Germany in two ways, either by patenting or by taking out a socalled Gebrauchs- muster, i. e. D.R.G.M. Which of the two protections is best fitted to any par- ticular case, will be discussed in the following. This question presents itself not only to the German inventor but also to the foreign inventor and his Patent-Attorney. Only a few countries, as Germany, Japan, and latterly Poland and Russia, have the Gebrauchsmusterschutz. In all other countries, including the U.S.A. little is known of the essence of this protection and we shall, therefore, get into this'at somewhat greater length. In practice three main points present themselves: 1) What advantage arises from applying for protec- tion of an invention by Gebrauchsmuster (D. R. G.M.) as well as and at same time as by patent? 2) When should only a Gebrauchsmuster be applied for? 3) When should only a patent be applied for? I Application for regisration of a D.R.G.M. together with applications for patent is useful in the case that a protection is required at once for an invention. Whilst namely the granting of a patent can be protracted for two or three years or even longer, the D.R.G.M. is regis- tered without any essential examination almost immedi- ately, i. e. one to two months after application. This registration gives the holder the right, though not the ob- ligation, to mark the protected articles D.R.G.M. (Deutsches Reichs Gebrauchmuster) and thus to make known to competitors that these are protected. Apart from this, it is easier in many cases to exploit an inven-

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