Industrial Designs Order, 1999 · As enacted · Part II · Registration of Industrial Designs
Section 13
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
(ll Subject to subsection (2), where an application is made by or with the consent of the owner of copyright in an artistic work for the registration of a corresponding industrial design, the industrial design shall not be treated for the purposes of this Order as being other than new by reason only of any use previously made of the artistic work.
corresponding industrial design
"corresponding industrial design", in relation to an artistic work, means an industrial design which if applied to an article would produce something which would be treated for the purposes of Part I of the Emergency (Copyright) Order, 1999 as a copy of that work;
Subsection (1) does not apply if the previous use consisted of or included the sale, letting for hire, or offer or exposure for sale or hire, of articles to which had been applied industrially-
Provision may be made by rules as to the circumstances in which an industrial design is to be regarded for the purpose of this section as applied industrially to articles or any description of articles.
industrial design
"industrial design" means features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament applied to an article by any industrial process, being features which in the finished article appeal to and are judged by the eye, but does not include - fa} a method or principle of construction; or [i) are dictated solely by the function which the article has to perform; or
Terms defined in s 2
corresponding industrial design
Defined · s 2"corresponding industrial design", in relation to an artistic work, means an industrial design which if applied to an article would produce something which would be treated for the purposes of Part I of the Emergency (Copyright) Order, 1999 as a copy of that work;
industrial design
Defined · s 2"industrial design" means features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament applied to an article by any industrial process, being features which in the finished article appeal to and are judged by the eye, but does not include - fa} a method or principle of construction; or [i) are dictated solely by the function which the article has to perform; or
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Use by Government of Industrial Designs
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