TITLE IIU.K.THE LAW RELATING TO DESIGNS

Section 1U.K.Requirements for protection

Article 3U.K.Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation:

(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;

(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;

(c)

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

(d)

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

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