Research Guides: Comparative Intellectual Property Law: Design

Canada

Canadian Intellectual Property Office - Industrial Designs (official website) - Note links to Industrial Design Act, Amendments to Act and Industrial Design Regulations under Legislation under Resources.

The Hague - The International Design System
Guide to The Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs. See especially the Legal Framework section for international treaties and legal information by country
Articles 25, 26 of the TRIPS Agreement
The requirements of protection and protection of Industrial Designs under the TRIPS agreement.

Foreign Law Guide database
Foreign Law Guide database (NetID may be required) to identify specific laws for individual countries and official texts.
CommonwealthLII
Commonwealth Legal Information Institute provides links to find texts (may be unofficial) of laws from 60 countries in the Commonwealth and common law jurisdictions.

See Legifrance for official text of Code de la propriete intellectualle and unofficial English translation.

Gesetz uber den rechtlichen Schutz von Design (amended to May 2017) in German and English translation, Act on the Legal Protection of Designs (texts on official website)