Home Study Patents Brand names Design Searches Contacts Home / Design Design A design or model is defined as the appearance of an entire product or a part thereof which results, in particular, from the characteristics of the lines, contours, colors, shape, surface structure and / or materials of the product itself and / or or its ornament. The term product refers to any industrial or handicraft object, including, inter alia, components intended to be assembled to form a complex product, packaging, presentations, graphic symbols and typefaces, excluding computer programs. Any design or model that is new and has an individual character can be registered as a Design or Model. A design or model is new if no identical design or model has been disclosed to the public prior to the filing date of the application for registration of the design or model for which protection is sought or, if priority is claimed, before the date of this. last. Designs and models are deemed identical when their characteristics differ only in irrelevant details. A design or model has an individual character if the general impression aroused by the product in the informed user (usually the consumer) differs significantly from the general impression aroused in that user by any other product that was disclosed to the public before the date of filing of the application for registration or, if priority is claimed, before the date of the latter. INVENTION | 1, Via Delle Armi - 40137 Bologna (BO) - Italy | PI 04114700372 | Tel. +39 051 440826 | Fax. +39 051 440232 | info@invention.it | Legal information | Privacy | Cookie Policy | Powered by Pagine Gialle - SmartSite