Design registration is a type of intellectual property protection that provides the creator, exclusive rights to use the design for the next 10 years  and  can be further extended for five years.

 “Design” means only the features of shape, configuration, pattern, ornament, or composition of lines or colors applied to any article whether in two dimensional or three dimensional or in both forms, by any industrial process or means, whether manual, mechanical or chemical, separate or combined, which in the finished article appeal to and are judged solely by the eye; but does not include any mode or principle of construction or anything which is in substance a mere mechanical device and does not include any trademark.

A Design to get registered

• Should be new or original
• Should not be disclosed by publication or by use or in any other way before the filing date, to the public in any part of the world
• Should be significantly distinguishable from known designs or combinations
• Should not comprise or contain scandalous or obscene matter
• Should not be a mere mechanical contrivance.
• Should be applied to an article and should appeal to the eye.
• Should not be contrary to public order or morality.  Read More