designright
nounUK /dɪˈzaɪn raɪt/
US /dɪˈzaɪn raɪt/
A design right is a rule that says only the person who made a new design can use it.
The company used its design right to stop others from copying its chair.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A legal right that protects how an object looks, such as its shape or pattern.
She registered a design right for the pattern on her fabric.
3. The official permission to be the only one to make or sell a particular design.
The toy maker holds the design right for the robot figure.
4. A rule in law that keeps someone else from copying a new and original design.
He learned about design right before launching his shoe line.