Designs
/dɪˈzaɪnz/
Definitions
- (n.) Visual features of shape, configuration, pattern, or ornamentation applied to an article, which can be protected under intellectual property law.
The company registered its new product designs to prevent copying.
- (v.) Third-person singular present tense of design.
She designs innovative user interfaces for software applications.
Forms
- design
- designed
- designing
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Commentary
In legal contexts, 'designs' most commonly refers to the protectable aesthetic elements of a product under design patent or industrial design law; as a verb, it is simply the third-person singular form of 'design.'
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