DESIGNS

Industrial designs means only the features of shape, configuration, pattern, ornament or composition of lines or colors applied to any article whether in two dimensional or three dimensional or in both forms, by any industrial process or means whether manual, mechanical or chemical, separate or combined, which in the finished article appeal to and are judged solely by the eye; but does not include any mode or principle of construction and does not include any trademark.

In the case of industrial designs the property consists in the exclusive right to apply the design registered under the statute. The law applicable to designs in India is covered under Designs Act, 2000, which has replaced the earlier law Designs Act, 1911.

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• Stages in Registration of Designs