Registrable industrial design

(1) n industrial design is registrable if it is new. (2) An industrial design is new if it has not been disclosed to the public anywhere in the world, by publication in tangible form or by use in any other way, prior to the filing date or, where applicable, the priority date of the application for registration. (3) Industrial designs the commercial exploitation of which would be contrary to public order or morality shall not be (4) For the purposes of subsection (2) of this section, disclosure to the public of an industrial design shall not be taken into consideration if the disclosure, (a) occurred within twelve months preceding the filing date or, where applicable, the priority date of the application; and 7 (b) was by reason or in consequence of acts committed by a third party with regard to the applicant or his predecessor in title or of an abuse committed by a third party with regard to the applicant or his predecessor in title.