2. Design: automatic warranty for 5 years from the date of application, renewable for 4 times, each for 5 years, with a maximum of 25 years.
The Dutch Patent Office conducts formal examination of invention patents and design patents.
Dutch patent law defines design as "a new and original design that combines the lines, patterns, shapes, positions or three-dimensional shapes and colors of products."
Dutch designs can be registered and protected through the Intellectual Property Office (BOIP) in Biluho. The Biluhe Intellectual Property Office is supervised by the Biluhe Economic Union Management Committee, and is responsible for registering and protecting designs and trademarks in the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The design approved by BOIP automatically takes effect in these three countries.