Industrial designs

An industrial design is the appearance of the whole or part of a product that derives from the special characteristics of lines, color, shape, texture, or material of the product.

A design can be registered if it is new, ie, that no other identical has been accessible to the public. And they must have singular character, that is to say, that produce in the user a new and different reaction to that produced by any other design already in the market.A design can be registered if it is new, ie, that no other identical has been accessible to the public. And they must have singular character, that is to say, that produce in the user a new and different reaction to that produced by any other design already in the market.In the registration of an industrial design a single application is valid for multiple designs of the same class.

Designs are granted for periods of five years, and may be extended for a maximum period of twenty-five years.

The protection of a design can be national, have effect throughout the European Union, and internationally.

• Community Designs allow you to register your design in the European Union in a single application.
• International Designs allow you to register your design in up to 68 Member States of the Hague Agreement in a single application. Click here to see the list of countries that can be included in these applications.