Learn in the textbookThe Copyright Act and the Industrial Property Right Laws
DefinitionThe Design Act (意匠法) protects, through registration, the look created by the shape, pattern, or color of an article or the like (a design, 意匠).
ExplanationIt covers appearances that give a sense of beauty to the eye. To obtain the right, you must file with the Japan Patent Office and be registered after examination.
AnalogyA right that covers not the mechanism that makes a chair comfortable but only its look, such as the curve of the backrest or its colors.
Memory hookThe 匠 in 意匠 means craftsman. Remember it as the design care a craftsman puts into a shape.