Protection period: 20 years, counting from the date of application for registration filed on or after April 1 2007; Applications filed on or before March 3, 20071.
"Secret design" means that the applicant for design registration requests that the design be kept secret within 3 years from the date of registration of the right to design.
The person who makes this request must submit a written document to JPO recording the following items at the same time of applying for design registration or paying the registration fee of 1 year:
1. Name and domicile of the applicant for design registration;
2. Request confidentiality period.
"Complete product design" refers to the design of products (hereinafter referred to as "complete products") that are used for more than two products at the same time and constitute the provisions of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. When the whole product is inseparable as a whole, it can be registered as an application for design.