When filling an application timing is very important, taking into account the originality requirement for industrial designs in most legislation, it is in general crucial to file an application for registration or for the grant of a patent before publicly disclosing it, to avoid destroying its originality. If the industrial design has already been disclosed to the public for example, by an advertisement published on the company’s website, it may no longer be considered as “new” or “original” and may become part of the public domain.
