Registration of textile designs is simple and inexpensive in Italy, there being no compulsory examination as to novelty and originality and no publication requirements (see answer to question 8(b) above); furthermore, payment of the protection tax may be made - exclusively as regards textile designs -on a yearly basis rather than for five-year terms (see Article 12 of Royal Decree No. 1411 of 25 August 1940, as replaced by Article 11 of Legislative Decree No. 198 of 19 March 1996).
