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| QUESTION: Can I register my design as an artistic work under the Copyright Act? |
| TOPIC: Industrial Designs |
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If your design was originally created as a work of art, it would have been protected automatically under the Copyright Act. But once you use it, or intend to use it, as a model or pattern to produce more than 50 single useful articles or sets of articles, in most cases it is considered to be an industrial design, which can only be protected under the Industrial Design Act. Since the legal distinction is a fine one, it is advisable to seek legal advice on this matter (as there are some exceptions to the preceding).
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- A guide to industrial designs
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| User profiles which indicate this topic |
- Mr. Clive Appleby (Clive Design)
- Mr. John Frangella (Proto3000 - 3D Engineering)
- Mr. Daniel Oh (Bandisvision Inc.)
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