Intellectual PropertyAct No. 16 of 2000In Force

The Designs Act, 2000

Provides for the registration and protection of industrial designs — the visual features of shape, configuration, pattern, ornament, or composition of lines or colours applied to any article. Design registration confers exclusive right to apply the registered design, protecting the aesthetic appeal and commercial value of product design.

Sections

Ministry

Ministry of Commerce and Industry (DPIIT)

Key Provisions

→Registrability: novelty, originality, not solely functional

→Design registration term: 10 years extendable by 5 years

→Classes of articles under Locarno Classification

→Cancellation of design registration

→Infringement: applying registered design without licence

→Piracy of design: fraudulent imitation

→Controller of Designs: powers and procedure

→Design registered in other countries: convention priority

Related Practice Areas

intellectual-property corporate-advisory

industrial designdesign registrationproduct designdesign protectionLocarno

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