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A registered design protects the visual appearance of a product or item that gives you exclusive rights for that appearance, providing a legal right to stop an unauthorised party from producing or using your design.
A Registered design protects:
- Shapes: The shape, contours and angles of a product can be protected
- Surface decoration: Patterns or graphic designs like wall papers can be protected
- Packaging: the product packaging style can be protected.
- Physical appearance: How a product looks can be protected.
A registered design Cannot protect:
- How a product function.
- Material a product is made from.
- How a product is made
- A form or appearance of the product dictated by its function. E.G the shape or appearance of a Key.
Designs that are unregistered can also receive protection.