You can find all the information of Austria about trademarks, patents, utility models, copyrights, registered designs, and all other IP rights.

 

There is no official register for copyright. It is an unregistered right (unlike patents, registered designs or trade marks). So, there is no official action to take, (no application to make, forms to fill in or fees to pay).

Copyright comes into effect immediately as soon as something that can be protected is created and fixed in some way, eg. on paper, on film, via sound recording, as an electronic record on the internet, etc.

 

Proactive Measures

 

Customs Seizure

General information

 What does customs seizure mean?

Custom seizure constitutes an instrument to combat counterfeiting or product piracy by preventing import, export and transit of goods which infringe an intellectual property right.

How to proceed

What initial steps are necessary?

To initialize proceedings an application has to be filed at the Customs Competence Center in Villach.

Signpost

What signposts exist?

https://www.bmf.gv.at/zoll/produktpiraterie/produktpiraterie.html

 

 


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There’s is no cost for registering a copyright.