Design means only the features of shape, configuration, pattern, ornament or composition of lines or colours applied to any article whether in two dimensional or three dimensional or in both forms, by any industrial process or means, whether manual, mechanical or chemical, separate or combined, which in the finished article appeal to and are judged solely by the eye.

Design Registration is granted to new and original design. In order to claim a right over a design, one must apply for a design registration before making it public. Once the design is in the public domain, one cannot claim any rights over it.