Industrial Designs Act 1996 · Updated to 1 Jan 2013 · Part III · Registration of Industrial Design
23. Registration of the same industrial design in respect of other articles
Feedback & supportWhere an industrial design has been registered in respect of any article and the owner thereof makes an application—
industrial design
“industrial design” means features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament applied to an article by any industrial process or means, being features which in the finished article appeal to and are judged by the eye, but does not include— (a) a method or principle of construction; or (b) features of shape or configuration of an article which — (i) are dictated solely by the function which the article has to perform; or (ii) are dependent upon the appearance of another article Industrial Designs 9 of which the article is intended by the author of the design to form an integral part;
for registration, in respect of one or more other articles, of the registered industrial design; or
for registration, in respect of the same or one or more other articles, of an industrial design consisting of the registered industrial design with modifications or variations not sufficient to alter the character or substantially to affect the identify thereof, the application shall not be refused, and the registration made on that application shall not be invalidated by reason only of the previous registration, or of any disclosure or use after the priority date in respect of the application for the previous registration, of the industrial design registered on that application.
The period of registration of an industrial design registered by virtue of this section shall not extend beyond the period of registration of the original registered industrial design and any extended period thereof.