On previous posts, we explained that industrial designs protect the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article. It is the right given to its owner to exploit it exclusively.
Industrial designs protect the external aspect of a products, as long as it is proven that said aspect is new and it has a unique character, which can be three-dimensional, such as the shape of something, or two dimensional, such as patterns, lines or colors.
One of the benefits that its protection grants, is the possibility to prevent others from manufacturing, selling or trading articles that are copies of the protected design, when the main purpose is commercial.
These rights are given for a limited period of time, which in most countries is 10 years.
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