TITLE IITHE LAW RELATING TO DESIGNS

Section 1Requirements for protection

Article 4Requirements for protection

1

A design shall be protected by a Community design to the extent that it is new and has individual character.

2

A design applied to or incorporated in a product which constitutes a component part of a complex product shall only be considered to be new and to have individual character:

a

if the component part, once it has been incorporated into the complex product, remains visible during normal use of the latter; and

b

to the extent that those visible features of the component part fulfil in themselves the requirements as to novelty and individual character.

3

‘Normal use’ within the meaning of paragraph (2)(a) shall mean use by the end user, excluding maintenance, servicing or repair work.