is an industrial design where the composition, form or material gives a special appearance to a product
of industry or handicraft and can serve as a pattern for a product of industry or handicraft.
(2) The protection under this Act is not applicable to anything in an industrial design which serves solely
to obtain a technical result to the extent that it leaves no freedom as regards arbitrary features of
appearance.
Section 2—Registrable Industrial Design
(1) An industrial design is registrable if it is new.
(2) An industrial design is new or original if it significantly differs from known designs or combinations of
known design features.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), disclosure to the public of an industrial design shall not be taken
into consideration if the disclosure
(a) occurred within twelve months preceding the filing date or where applicable, the priority date of the
application; and
(b) was as a result of acts committed by the applicant or the applicant's predecessor‐in‐title or of an
abuse committed by a third party with regard to the applicant or the applicant's predecessor in title.
(4) An industrial design which is contrary to public order or public morality is not registrable.
Section 3—Right to Registration