What does a registered design protect?

What does a registered design protect?

• A. Aesthetic parts and qualities.
• B. Working parts.
• C. Software code.
• D. Brand names.

Answer: (A)

Registered design protects the appearance of a product—the external look you see, including shape, contours, patterns, colours and texture. It covers how the product looks to the eye, not how it works. So it won’t protect functional parts or internal mechanisms (that’s what patents cover), nor the software code, nor brand names or logos (that’s trademark protection). In short, a registered design guards aesthetic parts and qualities—the visual design—while leaving functional and branding protections to other forms of intellectual property.

Registered design protects the appearance of a product—the external look you see, including shape, contours, patterns, colours and texture. It covers how the product looks to the eye, not how it works. So it won’t protect functional parts or internal mechanisms (that’s what patents cover), nor the software code, nor brand names or logos (that’s trademark protection). In short, a registered design guards aesthetic parts and qualities—the visual design—while leaving functional and branding protections to other forms of intellectual property.