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Article L511-4 of the French Intellectual Property Code

A design has a character of its own when the overall visual impression which it produces in the informed observer differs from that produced by any design disclosed before the date of filing of the application for registration or before the date of priority claimed.

In assessing character of its own, account shall be taken of the freedom left to the designer in producing the design.

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Article L511-4

Un dessin ou modèle a un caractère propre lorsque l’impression visuelle d’ensemble qu’il suscite chez l’observateur averti diffère de celle produite par tout dessin ou modèle divulgué avant la date de dépôt de la demande d’enregistrement ou avant la date de priorité revendiquée.

Pour l’appréciation du caractère propre, il est tenu compte de la liberté laissée au créateur dans la réalisation du dessin ou modèle.

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