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What are the substantive conditions governing protection?

April 26, 2017Conditions substantive

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What are the substantive conditions governing protection?

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• Novelty, in the sense of being new. S.7 (1) stipulates that only new designs shall enjoy the protection provided for in the Act. This signifies that the design must not be similar to any design which has already been made available to the public. at any place and by any means • An industrial design shall not be considered new if because it only contains minor differences from preceding industrial designs.