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A registered Community design (RCD) grants you exclusive rights in all current and future Member States of the European Union through a single registration, filed online. It is valid for 5 years and it can be renewed for a maximum of 25 years, 5 years at a time.

Before applying, you can also check our design filing tips and best practices so that you avoid making mistakes in the application.

RCD Easy Filing new

RCD Four-step

RCD Advanced Form

Designed for small and medium-sized businesses and individuals within the European Economic Area who do not have a legal representative

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Designed for intellectual property experts handling straightforward and complex cases.

Designed for intellectual property experts handling straightforward and complex cases.

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File types

JPG, OBJ, STL and X3D

File types

JPG, OBJ, STL and X3D

Product indications

Product indications from our Locarno database

Product indications

Product indications from our Locarno database

Product indications

Product indications from our Locarno database or provide your own

Design could be registered in two days or less

Design could be registered in two days or less

Payments

Immediate credit card payment

Payments

Immediate credit card payment
Bank transfer
Current account payment

Payments

Immediate credit card payment
Bank transfer
Current account payment

Drafts

Automatically save drafts and never lose any change

Drafts

Allows the user to save drafts in the User Area

Drafts

Allows the user to save drafts in the User Area

Help

Guided form (virtual assistant)

Help

Inline help

Help

Inline help

Description

Add a description per design explaining the representation (100 words max.)

Description

Add a description per design explaining the representation (100 words max.)

Description

Add a description per design explaining the representation (100 words max.)

Designer information

Link the designer to the relevant design

Designer information

Link the designer to the relevant design

Designer information

Link the designer to the relevant design

Applicants

Only one applicant is allowed

Applicants

Allows the user to add an additional applicant

Applicants

Allows the user to add an additional applicant

Important
The following operations cannot be done using the RCD Easy Filing form:

Claim priority
Ask for deferment

Representatives

Allows the user to appoint a representative

Representatives

Allows the user to appoint a representative

Deferments

Publication may be delayed for up to 30 days

Deferments

Publication may be delayed for up to 30 days

Claims

Allows the user to claim priority

Claims

You can mark a priority to be claimed at a later stage (‘claim priority later’ option)
You can claim a priority without attaching any documents (‘send document later’ option)