TITLE IITHE LAW RELATING TO DESIGNS

Section 1Requirements for protection

Article 3Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation:

  1. (a)

    ‘design’ means the appearance of the whole or a part of a product resulting from the features of, in particular, the lines, contours, colours, shape, texture and/or materials of the product itself and/or its ornamentation;

  2. (b)

    ‘product’ means any industrial or handicraft item, including inter alia parts intended to be assembled into a complex product, packaging, get-up, graphic symbols and typographic typefaces, but excluding computer programs;

  3. (c)

    ‘complex product’ means a product which is composed of multiple components which can be replaced permitting disassembly and re-assembly of the product;

  4. (d)

    F1‘qualifying country’ and ‘qualifying territory’ mean a country or territory designated by regulations made under Article 7.