The application for registration of industrial designs or models shall be granted where the industrial design or model is new or original.

The industrial design or model applied for is not considered novel if:

(1) It has been displayed, described or its uses were described to the public prior to the date of deposit of the application for registration. However, the industrial design or model shall still be considered novel, if its description or display had been made after the application for the registration in a country that treats Iraq on reciprocal basis, or if such is displayed in national or international exhibitions, or the industrial design or model has been made public in a conference or in scientific journals within a period not exceeding six months prior to the date of the application for the registration in Iraq.

(2) It includes non-basic differences in respect of a prior industrial design or model, or is dedicated to another type of product other than to which the previously registered industrial design or model was designed for.