1. Preparing, Filing application for registration of design
  2. Responding to examination/ objections received by the design office
  3. Assignment of Industrial Design
  4. Petition to cancel registration of design
  5. Suit for Piracy/ Infringement of Design
  6. IP Due Diligence Reviews
  7. Counseling on IP Rights and Best Practices of IP Use
  8. Design Litigation as well as Litigation Defense
  9. Renewal of design patent registration, Restoration of lapsed design

REGISTRATION OF DESIGN:

Design can be broadly described as the outer appearance or the shape of an article visible to the naked eye. Industrial Design protection is limited to only the aesthetic appearance of an article and does not extend to its functionality. The design should be new, original, not prior published and industrially applicable.

REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGN REGISTRATION-

  1. Duly filed in Form 1 along with the prescribed fees.
  2. Name and Class of the article to which to which the design is to be applied under the Locarno Classification.
  3. Representations illustrating the views of the article wherein the originality lies.
  4. Power of Attorney

The duration of the registration of a design is initially ten years from the date of registration. This period of registration can be further extended for a period of 5 years.

OUR EDGE-

The design team at J&P is well versed with the Design Laws and Procedural Requirements. From filing of application and the Representation sheet till receiving the Registration Certificate we constantly follow all the developments of our client application. We believe in adhering to the timelines and keeping the clients involved at every stage of the proceedings. We diligently follow the whole process of design registration by continuously managing and communicating with the Registry as and when required.