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Chapter 3 · Industrial Designs

Article 83

The following are not instances of an industrial design referred to in this Act and fall outside the scope of industrial design protection:

  1. 1.Designs containing official state symbols or emblems
  2. 2.Methods and principles relating to industrial design (the discipline)
  3. 3.Designs contrary to Sharia principles, public order, or morality
  4. 4.Changes in the dimensions of existing goods
  5. 5.Designs that are identical to, or in a misleading manner contain or resemble, another person's registered trademark
  6. 6.A design that has solely a technical function and does not present a new shape for a product
  7. 7.Dependent components in complex designs (spare parts)

Note — That part of an industrial design which constitutes the only means of achieving a technical result is not covered by the protection of this Chapter of the Act.

Frequently asked

Article 83 · in plain terms

What cannot be registered as an industrial design in Iran?

Not registrable are: designs containing official state symbols; methods and principles of design; designs contrary to sharia, public order or morals; a mere change in the dimensions of existing goods; designs that conflict with another's registered trademark; purely functional designs that give no new appearance; and component (spare) parts of composite designs.