Design:
Designs protect the appearance of a product, which results from a combination of the colors, shape, contours, texture or materials. Although designs may be unregistered, registered designs provide more defined protection and are easier to enforce. A registered design will help you to prevent other people from designing products similar to yours.
Requirements:
Purpose/use of the article
Multiple Views of Design
Power of Attorney
Assignment deed (if applicable)
Certified priority documents (if priority is claimed)
Fees:
The office fee is calculated on the basis of applicant’s categories i.e. Natural Person, Small Entity and Other (Large corporate). Natural person fee is four times lower than the other category.
The official fee for filing design application for natural person is INR 1000, for Small entity is INR 2000 and for large corporate is INR 4000.