Industrial Designs Act, 2001

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Designs dictated by their technical function and designs of interconnections.

16.—(1) The features of appearance of a product which are solely dictated by its technical function shall not be registrable under this Act.

(2) The features of appearance of a product which are necessarily reproduced in their exact form and dimensions in order to permit the product in which the design is incorporated or to which it is applied to be mechanically connected to or placed in, around or against another product so that either product may perform its function shall not be registrable under this Act.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), and subject to compliance with sections 12 and 13, a design serving the purpose of allowing multiple assembly or connection of mutually interchangeable products within a modular system shall be registrable under this Act.