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Certificates of layout designs (topographies) for integrated circuit which are not
original as defined in Article 90 above and which do not meet the conditions provided
for in Article 96 above may be declared invalid by the courts at the request of any
interested person.
Article 102
Any interested person may obtain an excerpt from the register recording the entries
made to a register known as the “National Register of Certificates of Layout Designs
(Topographies) for Integrated Circuits” kept by the entity responsible for industrial
property.
TITLE IV
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
Chapter I
Scope
Article 103
For the purposes of this Law, any combination of lines or colors and, as an industrial
design, any three-dimensional form, whether or not associated with lines or colors,
shall be deemed to be an industrial design, provided that such combination or form
gives a special appearance to a product of industry or handicraft and can serve as a
model for the manufacture of a product of industry or handicraft.
The industrial design must differ from similar designs either through a separate,
recognizable configuration giving it a character of novelty, or through one or more
external aspects giving it a specific and new appearance.
Article 104
An industrial design shall be new if it has not been made available to the public
through concrete publication, usage or any other means anywhere in the world, prior
to the date of its filing or, where applicable, prior to the date of validly claimed priority.
An industrial design shall not be deemed to have been made available to the public
solely by reason of the fact that, within the period of 12 months preceding its date of
filing, it appeared for the first time in an official or officially recognized international
exhibition, organized on the territory of one of the countries of the International Union
for the Protection of Industrial Property.
The design or model of a part of a complex product shall only be considered new and
to present an individual character to the extent that: