Unión Europea

Bahrein, Reino de

Dibujos y modelos industriales

19. Please explain whether or not your legislation extends to the protection of designs dictated essentially by technical or functional consideration. Please explain how textile designs are protected.

Article 6(c) of the draft Law on Industrial Designs provides that it is prohibited to register industrial designs that are dictated essentially by technical or functional consideration. By virtue of Article 1 of the draft Law on Industrial Designs, textile designs falls within the definition of an industrial design and hence are protectable under the proposed law.