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Attorneys, Lawyers and Legal Advisors in Gurgaon and Delhi

2. Design Registration in India
 Governed under The Designs Act, 2000 and Designs Rules, 2008 (As
Amended)
 Aesthetic aspects of products can be registered as industrial design in
India
 Aesthetic aspects – outer looks (the way product is perceived by the
consumer)
 Protects marketing related Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
 Prevents infringement of design patents in India

3. Design Registration in India – Scope
 2D Patterns
 Lines
 Compositions
 Colors
 3D Shapes
 Combination of 2D and 3D aspects

4. Design Registration in India – Importance
 Design registration is a statutory right
 Design registration is territorial and occurs only on registration
 After registration of design, design owner obtains right to prevent
others from producing, importing, selling or distributing infringing
products
 Infringing products – having identical appearance or fraudulent or
obvious limitation by way of design patent infringement

5. Design Registration in India – Eligibility
 Any product can be registered as industrial design in India if the
product is a finished article, and,
 The article is new and original, not published previously, or,
 Not publicly known.
 Not a technical or useful function of a product,
 All the aspects of the product appeals to and are judged solely by the
eye

6. Design Registration in India –
Requirements
 The design should be significantly distinguishable from known designs
or combination of known designs
 The design should not include scandalous or obscene matter
 The design not be a mere mechanical contrivance
 The design should be applied to an article and should appeal to the
eye.
 The design should not be contrary to public order or morality.
 The design should not be prejudicial to the security of India

7. Design Registration in India – Exclusions
 Designs that are primarily literary or artistic character are not eligible
for protection under the Indian Designs Act
 Such exclusions are:
 Books, calendars, certificates, forms-and other documents, dressmaking patterns, greeting cards, leaflets,
maps and plan cards, postcards, stamps, medals.
 Labels, tokens, cards, cartoons.
 Any principle or mode of construction of an article.
 Mere mechanical contrivance
 Buildings and structures.
 Parts of articles not manufactured and sold separately.
 Variations commonly used in the trade.
 Mere workshop alterations of components of an assembly.
 Mere change in size of article.
 Flags, emblems or signs of any country.
 Layout designs of integrated circuits.

8. Design Patent Search – Prior Art Search
 Published patent applications and granted patents are searched to
determine if similar designs exist prior to filing of industrial design
patent application
 Patent search strategy is formulated to focus specifically on design
patents
 Patent search key strings along with logical operators (AND, OR, NOT)
and relevant patent classifications are used to determine relevant
search results.
 Design patent search requires comparison of patent drawings and
figures to ascertain the novelty of the invention

9. Design Registration in India vs. USPTO
Design Patents
 Indian design law does not include provisions to lay out novel features
of the design in patent claims
 Once design registration process is completed in India, a registration
certificate is issued by the Patents and Designs Office
 Design Certificate issued by Indian Patent Office includes
representative images of the designs submitted by the applicant
during filing of industrial design application in India
 Representations are followed by statement of novelty, submitted
along with the design application

10. Contact
Law Office of Advocate Rahul Dev,
Patent Attorneys and Technology Business Lawyers
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