A design  means only  the features  of shape,  configuration,  pattern ,  ornament  or composition of lines applied to any article whether in two dimensional or three dimensional or in both  forms by  any  industrial process or means, whether manual , mechanical or chemical, separate or combined, which in  the  finished article appeal to and are judged solely by the eye., but does not include any mode or principle of construc -tion or any thing which is in substance a mere mechanical device , and does not include any trademark or any artistic work under the copyright law.   The purpose of the designs Act is to protect novel designs devised to be  applied to particular  articles to be manufactured and marketed commercially. It is not protect principles of operation or invention which, if protectable at all,  out to be  made the subject-matter of a patent. Thus the primary concern, is what the finished article is to look like and not with what  it does and the  monopoly  provided  for the  proprietor is effected by  according not, as  in the case of ordinary copyright, a right  to prevent  direct reproduction of the image registered as the design but the right, over a much more limited period.       A design for  shape in  which all  the  features  are detected  solely by  the function  which is  to be  performed  by the  article to  which the shape is applied, and the shape possesses no features beyond those necessary to enable the article fulfill its function is a mere mechanical  devise. A devise is none the less mechanical whether the mechanism with which it is to be used is devised before or after the devise. Primarily the  object  of the Act is to protect shape not function, and not protect functional shape. The eye to which appeal must be made and the eye  which is to  judge is not the eye of the court , but the eye of the customer. The purpose of the Act is to  preserve the  owner of the  design the  commercial value  resulting from customers preferring the appearance of articles, which have the design to those which do not  have it. The  design will,  therefore, be  calculated to attract the attention of  the beholder  regardless  of whether  or not it makes a favorable appeal to him. The Act requires only that features claimed should be features in the finished article.           The following designs are prohibited from registration:-     • A design, which is not new or original.     • A design, which has been disclosed, to the public any where in the world prior to the filing date or the priority date of the application.     • A design, which is not significantly distinguishable from non-designs or combination of non-designs.     • A design, which comprises or contains scandalous or obscene matter.     • A design which is contrary to public order or morality