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design right offer?</a></div> <div id="accordion__collapse__01" class="accordion__body collapse"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <p>In principle, the owner of a registered industrial design or of a <a href="#accordion__collapse__04_a">design patent</a> has the right to prevent third parties from making, selling or importing articles bearing or embodying a design which is a copy, or substantially a copy, of the protected design, when such acts are undertaken for commercial purposes.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion__group"> <div class="accordion__heading"><a class="accordion__toggle collapsed" href="#accordion__collapse__02" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion_01"> What kind of products can benefit from industrial design protection?</a></div> <div id="accordion__collapse__02" class="accordion__body collapse"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <p>Industrial designs are applied to a wide variety of products of industry and handicraft items: from packages and 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Industrial designs may also be relevant to graphic symbols, graphical user interfaces (GUI), and logos.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion__group"> <div class="accordion__heading"><a id="accordion__collapse__03_a" class="accordion__toggle collapsed" href="#accordion__collapse__03" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion_01"> How are industrial designs protected?</a></div> <div id="accordion__collapse__03" class="accordion__body collapse"> <div class="accordion__inner"> <p>In most countries, an industrial design needs to be registered in order to be protected under industrial design law as a “registered design”. In some countries, industrial designs are protected under patent law as “design patents ”.</p> <p>Industrial design laws in some countries grant – without registration – time- and scope limited protection to so-called “unregistered industrial designs”.</p> <p>Depending on the particular national law and the kind of design, industrial designs may also be protected as works of art under copyright law.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="box"> <p>Read <a href="/web/20180813092141/http://www.wipo.int/designs/en/faq_industrialdesigns.html">more industrial design FAQs</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="complementary"><a href="/web/20180813092141/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=2695"><img style="border: 1px solid;" src="/web/20180813092141im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/pics/WIPO_DM-065983_600.jpg" alt="An industrial design sketch from Ingelec"/></a> <a href="/web/20180813092141/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=2649">Read the industrial design case study about Moroccan electrical equipment supplier Ingelec.</a> (Photo: Hague Express Database [DM/065983])</div> <div class="content cols cols--three line"> <h2><a name="topics"></a>Designs in action</h2> <p>Design is where function meets form. From tables to telephones, industrial design is one of the key factors that attracts us to a product, or leads us to prefer using one product over another.</p> <div class="col col--one"> <figure><a href="/web/20180813092141/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2012/06/article_0004.html"><img src="/web/20180813092141im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/pics/e_procterxgamble_600.jpg" alt=""/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: Procter&Gamble)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180813092141/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2012/06/article_0004.html">Designing for business success</a></h3> <p>A top manager at Procter and Gamble talks to WIPO Magazine about the role of industrial design in a successful product range.</p> </div> <div class="col col--two"> <figure><a href="/web/20180813092141/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2009/05/article_0009.html"><img src="/web/20180813092141im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/pics/e_megegadget.com_600.jpg" alt=""/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: megagadget.com)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180813092141/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2009/05/article_0009.html">Design and disability</a></h3> <p>Design which takes account of users with disabilities often results in better overall designs.</p> </div> <div class="col col--three"> <figure><a href="/web/20180813092141/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2008/01/article_0006.html"><img src="/web/20180813092141im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/pics/e_hermes_sellier_600.jpg" alt=""/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: hermes sellier)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180813092141/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2008/01/article_0006.html">Design law and fashion</a></h3> <p>Industrial design law is at the heart of the European fashion industry.</p> </div> </div> <div class="content cols cols--three line"> <h2><a name="laws"></a>Design law, treaties and documents</h2> <p>The treaties that WIPO administers, together with national and regional laws, make up the international legal framework for industrial designs.</p> <div class="col col--one"> <h3>Industrial design-related treaties</h3> <ul class="dividers"> <li><a href="/web/20180813092141/http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/wipo_treaties/details.jsp?treaty_id=9">Hague Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813092141/http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/wipo_treaties/details.jsp?treaty_id=14">Locarno Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813092141/http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/wipo_treaties/details.jsp?treaty_id=2">Paris Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20180813092141/http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/wipo_treaties/details.jsp?treaty_id=1">WIPO Convention</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col col--two"> <h3>Reference document</h3> <ul> <li>Industrial Design Law and Practice – Summary of replies to questionnaire <a href="/web/20180813092141/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/sct/en/meetings/pdf/wipo_strad_inf_2_rev_2.pdf"><img src="/web/20180813092141im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Summary of Replies to the Questionnaires (Parts I and II) on Industrial Design Law and Practice, Rev. 2" border="0"/></a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col col--three"> <h3><a href="/web/20180813092141/http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/">IP laws and treaties (WIPO Lex)</a></h3> <p>The WIPO Lex database is a comprehensive search tool that allows you to search national laws and international treaties on intellectual property.</p> </div> </div> <div class="content line"> <h2><a name="sc"></a><a href="/web/20180813092141/http://www.wipo.int/trademarks/en/sct.html">Standing Committee (SCT)</a></h2> <div class="main"> <p>The Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) is the forum where WIPO's member states and observers meet to address issues relating to the development of the international legal framework for industrial designs. 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