Design Registration
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Introduction
Design registration is a type of intellectual property right governed by the Design Act, 2000 which helps to protect any newly created shape, configuration, patterns, and composition of lines or colours applied to an article created under an industrial process from counterfeiting.
Design registration provides the owner and exclusive right to use, sell, franchise or contract the design as an intellectual property and intangible asset for a period of ten years which can be further extended for a limited period of five years on through its renewal.
Advantages of Design Registration
Eligibility Norms
- It should be new and original
- It should be appealable to eye and be applied to an article
- It should not be close or near to any other existing design or a combination of known designs
- It should not be oppose to public order
- It should not be a mere mechanical contrivance
Minimum Requirements
- Applicant’s name, Address and nationality. In case the applicant is not a natural person then a documentary proof stating the legal status and the place of incorporation
- Class of the article embodying the design
- Name of the article to which the design is to be applied.
- Name(s), age and address (es) and nationality (ies) of the Applicant/s whether they are partners or Directors of the firm/company.
- A brief statement of the novelty and claims for his design
- Name, address, designation and nationality of the person who signs the General Power of Attorney
Document Required for Registration
ID and Address Proof of the Applicant
Certified True Copy of the Power of Attorney (if any) given to the Agent duly signed by the proprietor, partner or one of the Directors of the Company
Affidavits in paragraph form containing a declaration of its truthfulness and verifiability;
Documentary proof of priority required in the case if any previous registration or application for registration made.
Process of Registration of Design
1. Acceptance of Application & Registration
2. Trademark Search
3. Publication &Validity
Get Design Registration starting from ₹ 9000/-
- Suggesting the design which is to be protected
- Professional Consultation
- Drafting of Application
- Filing of Application
- Design Registration Certificate
Additional Information
- Any person stating to be the owner or proprietor of new and original design which is not previously published anywhere and which is also not contrary to the public morality, can apply for the registration of the same.
- However, for getting a design registered, it must fulfill the following conditions:-
- It must be newly invented and original in nature;
- The design should relate to features of configuration, shape ,pattern or ornament applied to an article;
- The design applied to any article must be by an industrial process;
- The design must appear on the final product and must be clearly visible;
- It should not deal with anything which is covered under the trademark, copyright or patent registration.
- Identification of the Design Class In order to have a systematic design registration, the design classes have been bifurcated into 32 classes and further subclasses. It is very important to recognize the exact class and apply for design registration. Our team will help you in classifying the class of design registration.
- Prior Registration by any other entity It is very important to get the design searched whether it has been previously registered or not. The Design Office works on same by filing the applicable form with the requisite govt fees.
FAQs on Design Registration
- It must be newly invented and original in nature;
- The design should relate to features of configuration, shape ,pattern or ornament applied to an article;
- The design applied to any article must be by an industrial process;
- The design must appear on the final product and must be clearly visible;
- It should not deal with anything which is covered under the trademark, copyright or patent registration.
Piracy of a design is the application of a design or imitation to any article belonging to the same kind of class of articles in which the respective design has been already registered for the purpose of sale or its importation of articles without the prior written consent of the registered proprietor.
No. Because once the alleged Design i.e., ornamentation is removed only a piece of paper, metal or like material remains and the article referred ceases to exist. Article must have its existence independent of the Designs applied to it.
Any person stating to be the owner or proprietor of new and original design which is not previously published anywhere and which is also not contrary to the public morality, can apply for the registration of the same. Further, any agent if appointed for the same may apply for the registration on behalf of its owner.