Designs Filing Requirments in India- Design Registration in India

Basics of Designs

Designs Prosecution in India

Designs Filing Requirments in India

Design Registration Procedure in India-Flow Chart

Designs

Introduction

Design registration in India is governed by the Designs Act, 2000 and the Designs Rules, 2001. To prepare and file a Design Application in India, the following information/documents are required:

The Details of the Applicant

The name, address and nationality of the Applicant. If the Applicant is not a natural person the legal status and the place of incorporation

The Details of the Design

Title of Article;
Statement of Novelty;
Class & Sub Class of the article embodying the design is applied under the Locarno Classification;
The size of each representation must not be less than 5 by 4 inches or 13 by 10 centimetres wide.
Representations illustrating the views of the article wherein the originality resides. The representations can be in the form of photographs or drawing figures (the Designs Office prefers photographs) showing the perspective, front, rear, top, bottom and side views of the article (4 copies of each view)

Priority Claim details [if applicable]

If the design application claims priority from a corresponding application(s), the following particulars are required:

Priority date;
Priority Country;
Priority Application Number;
Certified Priority Document [may submit later]; and
Verified English translation of the priority document [if relevant, may submit later]

Power of Attorney

The duly stamped Power of Attorney in the prescribed form must be submitted. It could be filed subsequent to the filing of the application.