TITLE II

THE LAW RELATING TO DESIGNS
Section 1

Requirements for protection

Definitions
Article 3
For the purposes of this Regulation:
1. ‘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. ‘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. ‘complex product’ means a product which is composed of multiple components which can be replaced permitting disassembly and re-assembly of the product;
4. ‘qualifying country’ and ‘qualifying territory’ mean a country or territory designated by regulations made under Article 7.
Art. 3(d) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Designs and International Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/638), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4 (with reg. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. 1) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1050, regs. 1(2), 14, 19); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)