THE SUBJECT MATTERS SHALL NOT BE PROTECTED AS INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS

Industrial design means a specific appearance of a product embodied by three-dimensional configurations, lines, colors, or a combination of these elements.

Products herein are understood to mean articles, tools, equipments, or parts used for assembling such products, manufactured by industrial or handicraft methods, with a structure and clear function, be circulated independently.

According to the IP Law 2005, amended 2019, he following subject matters shall not be protected as industrial designs:

(a) Appearance of a product, which is dictated by the technical features of the product;

(b) Appearance of a civil or an industrial construction work;

(c) Shape of a product, which is invisible during the use of the product;

(d) Intellectual property objects which are contrary to social ethics and public order and prejudicial to defense and security.

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