Industrial Designs Act, 2001

Conflict with prior design.

15.—(1) A design which is in conflict with a prior design shall not be registrable under this Act.

(2) In this section “prior design” means a design which has been made available to the public after the filing date of the application for registration of another design, or where priority is claimed, after the date of priority of that other design, and which is protected from a date prior to the said filing date or, as the case may be, the said priority date by a design right under this Act or by an application for such a right.