Disadvantages might include direct intervention by imperial commissions, as happened in several of the south-western cities after the Schmalkaldic War, and the potential restriction or outright loss of previously held legal patents.
Neki nedostaci mogli su uključivati izravnu intervenciju carskih povjerenstava, poput onih koji su se dogodili u nekoliko jugozapadnih gradova nakon Schmalkaldskog rata i potencijalo ograničavanje ili izravni gubitak prijašnih pravnih patenata.