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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.
Design registration does not protect how something works.
Moderate complexity - several routes or missing facts
- Section 2(d) excludes modes or principles of construction and mere mechanical devices.
- A technical solution may be patentable instead - check before disclosing it.
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