Details Required for Design Registration

  • Name and Address of the applicant
  • Nationality of the applicant
  • Kind of the applicant i.e. whether the applicant is a natural person or company etc.
  • The name and details of the article to which the design is applied should be included along with the identification of the class as per the classification.
  • 5 images/drawings of the article from every view shall be placed on the representation sheet.
  • If the registration of the design has to be done in more than one class then a separate application shall be filed in each class.
  • The applicant or the authorized person is required to endorse and sign each representation duly.

Benefits of Design Registration :

  • helps to protect the design from being copied and imitated by competitors
  • Strengthens your competitive business position
  • May license or be Copyright others for a particular purpose
  • Through licensing you can enter a new market that you are otherwise unable to enter or serve. 
  • Registration of industrial designs encourages fair competition and honest trade practices
  • Can increase the commercial value of a company and its products
  • The value of the company will be higher if a registered design is more successful

 Process of design registration

  • Filing the application
  • Examination of application
  • filing response to examination
  • Personal hearing in design office
  • certificate of design registration