Design registration offers a shield for your unique design, classifying it as intellectual property and ensuring it's safe from imitation. It grants the creator exclusive rights to use the design for a decade, possibly extending it for an additional five years. IndiaFilings guides you through the design registration, ensuring your creations are protected, and your rights are upheld.

Design Registration - Governing Law

The Designs Act, 2000, governs design registration and protection in India, and the subsequent Design Rules were introduced in 2001. The introduction of the Designs Act in 2000 served to repeal and supplant the earlier Act from 1911.

The Design Rules of 2001 have undergone amendments, with significant changes made by the Designs (Amendment) Rules in 2008 and 2014. A noteworthy update in the rules under this Act has been the addition of a new applicant category. This new category recognizes 'small entities' as distinct applicants, in addition to individual or natural persons.