Design is defined under Section 2(d) of the Indian Designs Act, 2000 as “features of shape and configuration, ornamentation, pattern, or combination of lines or colours applied to an article, whether two-dimensional or three-dimensional, 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.”Design protection provides an exclusive right to exclude others from using and manufacturing the design for which registration is applied. The typical views required for applying a design registration include Front View, Back / Rear View, Left side / Oblique View, Right side / Oblique View, Top View, Bottom View and Isometric/ Perspective View.
It is always advisable to filed design registration before doing any commercialization of product or public display. Apart from protection of design the registration certificate helps client to market the product with advantage and confidence. Design registration is provided for 10 years which can be extended for another 5 years.
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