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REGISTERED DESIGNS
South Africa is a member of the
Paris Convention and design
applications can be filed up to
six months after the earliest
priority date. An application
for a registered design can also
be filed within six months of
disclosing the design to the
public.
Registered designs (design
patents) can be filed either as
aesthetic designs or functional
designs. Aesthetic designs are
granted exclusively for the
aesthetic appearance of an
article, whereas functional
designs are granted for features
that are, at least to a certain
extent, dictated by their
function. In the case of designs
embodying aesthetic and
functional features, separate
aesthetic and functional designs
can be registered for the same
article.
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