Industrial Designs Act, 2001

Chapter 7

Infringement of Design Right

Infringement of design right.

51.—(1) The design right is infringed by a person who, without the licence of the registered proprietor of the design and while the design right is in force, undertakes or authorises another to undertake any act which is the exclusive right of the registered proprietor of the design.

(2) The design right is not infringed by the reproduction of a feature of the design which is not taken into account in determining whether the design is registrable.