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As an industrial design shall be protected the appearance solution of a factory-made or home-made article. An industrial design shall receive legal protection if it is novel and original in terms of its significant features.
Seen as the significant features of an industrial design shall be the features determining the aesthetic details of the appearance of an article, including the form, configuration, decoration, color and line pattern, the outline of an article, the texture or finish of the material an article is made of.
The features determined solely by the technical function of an article shall not be deemed the protected features of an industrial design.
The effective term of the exclusive right to an industrial design is five years from the filing date. This term may be repeatedly extended by five years but in total at most by 25 years from the date of filing a patent application.