In this case the designer of a honey jar used a picture of his honey jar with a yellow cap. The purpose of the picture was to show the shape of the jar itself, not the cap. The court, however, decided that the design has to be seen as a whole, including the cap. On that basis the application was deemed invalid.
Luckily the designer still had copy rights to her product. Nonetheless, it should be duly noted that the pictures accompanying a design application are presumed to give complete and exhaustive information on the design.
