20It is also apparent from recitals 7, 12 and 14 in the preamble to Regulation No 6/2002, which refer to protection of industrial design, to restricting protection to visible elements and to the impression produced on an informed user viewing the product’s appearance, that that regulation confers protection only on the visible parts of the products or parts of products, which may as a result be registered as designs.
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