industrial designs as an important INTELLECTUAL property

1. by ADAMYA VARSHNEY

2. What are industrial rights?
-ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article.
-three dimensional features, such as the shape of an
article, or two dimensional features, such as patterns,
lines or color.
-least to 10 years
-In many countries, the total duration of protection is
divided into successive renewable periods.

3. What kind of protection do IDR provide?
In principle, the owner of a registered
industrial design or of a design patent has the
right to prevent third parties from making,
selling or importing articles bearing or
embodying a design which is a copy, or
substantially a copy, of the protected design,
when such acts are undertaken for
commercial purposes.

4. Industrial design rights in India
Industrial Design Protection In India: The Designs
Act, 2000
a) The Designs Act, 2000, is a complete code in itself and protection
under it is wholly statutory in nature.
It protects the visual design of objects that are not purely
utilitarian.
b) The pre-requisites for a design to qualify for protection are as follows
•It should be novel and original.
•It should be applicable to a functional article.
•It should be visible on a finished article.
•There should be no prior publication or disclosure of the design.

5. Great examples of industrial design rights
protection
COCA COLA BOTTLE
MINI COOPER
VESPA SCOOTER

6. Thank you