The design or model should be filed under the form of drawings; no specific size requested; as many views as possible.

Absolute novelty.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes, those against public order.

Yes.

Five years.

This depends on the design.

Yes, one application may contain from one to one hundred designs/models.

25 Years. The period of protection can be extended to another term of 25 years.

No.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

It depends on the priority of the creation of the design or model.

An Industrial drawing or technical drawing is the act and discipline of composing plans that visually communicate how something functions or has to be constructed.

An industrial model is a three-dimensional element. More precisely, it is the shape of a product.

The artistic work of a design may be protected by both Copyright and Industrial Design. Once a unique design is created, it would automatically be protected by copyright.

Colors, verbal elements, and sounds cannot be protected as a design, since they are not part of the ornamentation of a product. they may seek protection under trademark law.

It depends on the scope of protection the applicant would like to have. An industrial design protects the visible and aesthetic features of a product without the protection of any name. A trademark distinguishes your product from the others and protects it from infringement. A Design is an exclusively diagrammatic representation. A trademark needs to be unique but not innovative whereas a design needs to be innovative.