About IP
What is a Registered Design?
A design protects the overall appearance of a product resulting from one or more visual features.
Designs
For the purposes of a design registration, “design” means the overall appearance of a product resulting from one or more visual features of the product.
These features may include the shape and configuration (three dimensional features) and the pattern and ornamentation (two dimensional features).
A “product” is a thing that is manufactured or hand made. A component part of a complex product is considered a product in its own right.
A design registration does not protect how a product is made, what it is made from or how it functions or performs.
