SECTION 4: INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
Article 25: Requirements for Protection
1. Members shall provide for the protection of independently created industrial designs that are
new or original. Members may provide that designs are not new or original if they do not significantly
differ from known designs or combinations of known design features. Members may provide that such
protection shall not extend to designs dictated essentially by technical or functional considerations.
2. Each Member shall ensure that requirements for securing protection for textile designs, in
particular in regard to any cost, examination or publication, do not unreasonably impair the opportunity
to seek and obtain such protection. Members shall be free to meet this obligation through industrial
design law or through copyright law.