THE APPEARANCE
OF A PRODUCT
OR OF PART
OF A PRODUCT
CAN BE PROTECTED,
AS A DESIGN

Design

The appearance of a product or of part of a product, particularly the appearance characterized by its lines, its contours, its colours, its shape, its texture and its materials, can be protected as a design.

These can be the characteristics of the product itself or the characteristics of any embellishment.

Products are taken to include any industrial or handmade object, particularly parts designed to be assembled to make complex products, packaging, presentations, graphic symbols and typographical characters, but not computer programs.