Registration of Industrial Designs

An industrial design can be defined as the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article.

According to the Decision 486 of 2000, current standard in the Andean Community of Nations in the field of industrial property, industrial design is considered as the particular appearance of a product resulting from any combination of lines or colors, or any external two-dimensional or three-dimensional shape, line, contour, form, texture or material without changing the destination or purpose of the product.

This means that the purpose of an industrial design is primarily aesthetic, because the standard fails to protect the technical features of the article to which it is applied.

An industrial design must be new for it to be registrable.

Novelty indicates that the industrial design has not been available at any place or time, by description, use, marketing or any other means.

The industrial design is granted for a period of ten (10) years from the filing date of the application and it is not renewable.

By protecting an industrial design, its holder acquires the exclusive right to use it in the market and to prevent the manufacture or sale of unauthorized copies by third parties.

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