Design Registration
Design Registration is the legal process of protecting the unique visual appearance of a product its shape, pattern, configuration, or ornamentation under the Designs Act, 2000. It protects how a product looks, not how it works, giving the owner exclusive rights to prevent others from copying that specific design.
Scope
what can be registered
- ✓Product shape and configuration (e.g., furniture, appliances, packaging)
- ✓Surface patterns and ornamentation
- ✓Product outline and composition of lines/colors
- ✓Industrial designs applied to manufactured articles
Eligibility
- ✓The design must be new and original — not previously published or used anywhere
- ✓Must be applied to an article through an industrial process
- ✓Purely functional designs (with no visual/aesthetic distinctiveness) don't qualify
Documents Required
AApplicant's ID proof (PAN/Aadhaar)- Representation sheets (drawings/photographs of the design from multiple views)
- Statement of novelty
- Power of Attorney (if filed through an agent)
