Protect Your Industrial Design In India
Protect Your Industrial Design In India Statutory regulations governing the registration and protection of designs are laid down in the Designs Act, 2000 , and the Designs Rules, 2014 . As per the Act, design means and includes only those related to shape, color, pattern, configuration, etc. In short, designs under the Design Act,2000 deal with the product’s aesthetic features and not a functional element of the product. Customers tend to buy those products whi c h are appealing, attractive, and aesthetic. The product’s appearance decides its marketability in the industry; that is why producers concentrate more on the looks of the product to make it more eye appealing. When a lot of hard work, brain work, and ideas are put into designing the product features, naturally, we have to protect them from being used without the permission of the true owner of the design and confer rights related to usage to the right holders of the design. INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ...