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Therefore,
the design of an article and even design of its packaging is important
from the commercial view point.
The Design Act, 2000, after repealing the Act of 1911
aims at the protecting the designs which serve the purpose of visual appeal.
A design to be registerable under the Designs Act, 2000, must be some
shape, configuration, pattern or ornamentation or composition of lines
or colours applied to such article in any form by any industrial process
or means but does not include any mode or principle of construction or
anything which is in substance a mere mechanical device but does not include
any Trade or Property mark or artistic work. Only particular class of
articles can be registered under the Act. The design must be capable of
being applied to an article in such a way that the article to which it
is applied will appeal to and judged solely by the eye. The particular
shape, configuration, pattern or ornamentation must have only an appeal. |
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| Procedure
for design registration
1. Preparation of Application for design Registration
and submission of the same along with copies of design
2. Attending to the proceedings and obtaining Provisional Papers after
necessary follow up.
3. Official objections / Hearing , if any.
4. Publication in official journal
5. Opposition, if any
6. Registration Certificate
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