Marginal note:Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Industrial Design Act.

Marginal note:Definitions

2. In this Act,

“article”

« objet »

“article” means any thing that is made by hand, tool or machine;

“design” or “industrial design”

« dessin »

“design” or “industrial design” means features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament and any combination of those features that, in a finished article, appeal to and are judged solely by the eye;

“kit”

« prêt-à-monter »

“kit” means a complete or substantially complete number of parts that can be assembled to construct a finished article;

“Minister”

« ministre »

“Minister” means such member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of this Act;

“prescribed”

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“prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations and, in relation to fees, includes determined in the manner prescribed by the regulations;

“set”

« ensemble »

“set” means a number of articles of the same general character ordinarily on sale together or intended to be used together, to each of which the same design or variants thereof are applied;

“useful article”

« objet utilitaire »

“useful article” means an article that has a utilitarian function and includes a model of any such article;

“utilitarian function”

« fonction utilitaire »

“utilitarian function”, in respect of an article, means a function other than merely serving as a substrate or carrier for artistic or literary matter;

“variants”

« variantes »

“variants” means designs applied to the same article or set and not differing substantially from one another.