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Chapter 3 · Industrial Designs

Article 82

For the purposes of this Act, any combination of lines or colors, or both, and any three-dimensional shape, with or without lines and colors, is an industrial design, provided that such combination or shape gives a particular outward and visual appearance to an industrial product or a handicraft product.

Frequently asked

Article 82 · in plain terms

What is an industrial design under Iranian law?

An industrial design is any composition of lines or colours, or any three-dimensional shape, that gives a special outward, visual appearance to an industrial product or a product of handicraft.

Does an industrial design protect how a product looks or how it works?

Only how it looks. A design that has merely a technical function and gives no new appearance to a product is not protectable as an industrial design.