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Design: can I register the look of my product?
Design registration protects how a product looks, not how it works. It must be new, and it is lost if you show or sell the design before filing.
An artwork in itself is protected by copyright, not design registration.
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- Section 2(d) excludes artistic works as defined in the Copyright Act.
- If the artwork will be applied to products made industrially, read section 15 of the Copyright Act and consider registering the design.
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