Under the Designs Act, 2000, “design” does NOT include

Section 2(d) of the Designs Act, 2000 defines design as the features of shape, configuration, pattern, ornament or composition of lines or colours applied to an article, but expressly excludes any trade mark and any property mark. A property mark, a mark showing that movable property belongs to a particular person, is now defined in section 345(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 479 IPC). Shape, pattern and ornament are all within the definition.