Industrial design in intellectual property is a product's distinct appearance as represented by three-dimensional shapes, lines, colors, or a combination of these aspects.

A patent recognizes an innovation that meets the criteria of worldwide uniqueness, non-obviousness, and industrial use. Intellectual Property Right (IPR) is required for improved identification, planning, commercialization, and rendering, and therefore for greater protection of invention or creativity. An intellectual property that are qualified for being protected by IPR has to satisfy these requirements:

• Novel: An industrial design is considered novel if it differs significantly from other industrial designs that have already been publicly disclosed, inside or outside the country, through use, written descriptions, or any other form, prior to the filing date or priority date, as applicable, of the industrial design registration application.
• Involving an inventive step: An industrial design is considered to involve an inventive step if it cannot be easily created by a person with average knowledge in the art based on industrial designs previously publicly disclosed through use, written descriptions, or in any other form, inside or outside the country, prior to the filing date or priority date, as applicable, of the industrial design registration application..
• Suitability for industrial application: An industrial design is amenable to industrial application if it can be used as a model for mass production of products with the appearance embodying such industrial design using industrial or handicraft processes.