Online Design Application
Indian government is focusing
towards the importance of Intellectual Property and requirement of efficient
infrastructure to provide fast and transparent services to the public at large.
In the recent, Government has taken some big steps which were not only long
awaited but also most required. In last three years India witnessed a huge
change in the Intellectual Property Laws and procedures thereto.
Specially, government has taken
leap steps in field of Designs. As the design is the base of manufacturing
industry. A design can be understood by the complete shape of any product manufactured
at industrial scale. Designs due to their specific nature cannot fall under
Trademark Act or Copyright Act, however, in order to protect the uniqueness of
Design, in India Design Act was enacted.
Registration of design is a
tedious process as due to specific requirement and technicality in the design application
the applicant should possess the technical capabilities for the same. Design
application were filed in India in physical mode and the application were made
to the Kolkata office where all the design were examined and then registration
were granted.
However, Government of India,
vide Public Notice dated 09th March, 2015 have initiated the online
filing of design application. This will cause the speedy disposal of the design
application and public at large can track their application status easily.
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