Registered Designs Act 2000 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Registration of Designs
7. Computer programs, etc., not registrable
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No computer program or layout-design may be registered under this Act.
design
“design” means features of shape, configuration, colours, pattern or ornament applied to any article or non‑physical product that give that article or non‑physical product its appearance, but does not include —(a)a method or principle of construction;(b)features of shape, configuration or colours of an article or a non‑physical product that —(i)are dictated solely by the function that the article or non‑physical product has to perform;(ii)are dependent upon the appearance of another article or non‑physical product of which the article or non‑physical product is intended by the designer to form an integral part; or(iii)enable the article or non‑physical product to be connected to, or placed in, around or against, another article or non‑physical product, so that either article or non‑physical product may perform its function; or(c)features consisting only of one or more colours that —(i)are not used with any feature of shape or configuration; and(ii)do not give rise to any feature of pattern or ornament;
For the purposes of subsection (1), “layout-design” has the meaning given by the Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 1999.
The Minister may make rules —
to exclude from registration under this Act designs for such articles and non‑physical products of a primarily literary or artistic character as the Minister considers appropriate; and
to provide that any design described in the rules must not be registered under this Act, or must not be so registered unless such conditions as may be prescribed are met.