Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DESIGNS ACT 2003 - SECT 7

  (1)   In this Act:

"visual feature" , in relation to a product, includes the shape, configuration, pattern and ornamentation of the product.

  (2)   A visual feature may, but need not, serve a functional purpose.

  (3)   The following are not visual features of a product:

  (a)   the feel of the product;

  (b)   the materials used in the product;

  (c)   in the case of a product that has one or more indefinite dimensions:

  (i)   the indefinite dimension; and

  (ii)   if the product also has a pattern that repeats itself--more than one repeat of the pattern.