Design means only the features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament or composition of lines or colour or combination thereof applied to any article whether two dimensional or three dimensional or in both forms, 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 but does not include any mode or principle of construction or any thing which is in substance a mere mechanical device and does not include any Trade Mark as defined in Section 2 of the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958, or property mark or artistic works as defined under Section 2(c) of the Copyright Act, 1957. Industrial design registration plays a vital role in protecting and securing the exclusive rights to a particular design, ensuring its uniqueness and preventing unauthorized use or copying
Designs are protected by two legal rights:
Application for registration
Design registration in India gives the owner a monopoly on his or her product, i.e. the right for a limited period to stop others from making, using or selling the product without their permission and is additional to any Copyright protection that may exist automatically in the design.
Registrability
Design Registration Requirements:
