Design Renewals in India is a standard practice of keeping intellectual property rights in force. Expiration of Design leads to a cessation of rights which further means cessation of design from any kind of legal protection. Hence, it is imperative for the holder of design to keep renew his/her design in force in order to enjoy the benefits and protection.
Designs define the actual look and feel of your company and its products. Besides the creative aspect they need to be administrated in order not to get lost. Entrust this task to our team with local expertise in all major jurisdictions across the global.
RENEWAL OF DESIGN:
Trends come and go. Your design is what differentiates your products for long periods of time. In order to protect this “tangible” asset of yours, you need to renew it every few years, depending on the local legislation.
On issuance of registration certificate for a design, the same is valid for a period of 10 years. However, this term can be extended for a further period of 5 years on an application being made in the prescribed form along with the required fees.
RESTORATION OF LAPSED DESIGN:
In this fast growing world people have limited time but huge responsibilities and hence tend to forget crucial information. In such a case the IP Department has come up with a remedy of RESTORATION.
If a registered design has lapsed due to non-payment of extension fee, then an application for restoration of lapsed design is required to be submitted along with prescribed form and fee within a period of one year from the date on which such design is lapsed.
OUR EDGE:
Our dedicated design team at J&P keeps a watch on registered as well as pending designs and communicate the clients on timely basis incase of any renewal until final confirmation is received from the client. Moreover, even if the design has lapsed our team takes all efforts possible to get it renewed by filing appropriate application, follow up calls with the registry and any other means to get the work done. We and provide unparalleled protection of your IP assets with our comprehensive design renewals service and flexible approach.