| INDUSTRIAL DESIGN |
| MEANING OF DESIGN |
| A design of an article may be registered
if the feature of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament
given to an article by any industrial process or means, whether
manual, mechanical or chemical, separate or combine manual,
mechanical or chemical, separate or combined, which in the finished
article appeal to and are judge solely by the eye. The principle
or the mode of construction of the article or mere mechanical
contrivance cannot be registered as designs. Trade Marks and
Trade Names are also excluded from the scope of design. |
| DURATION |
| After a design is registered the proprietor
of the design is supplied with a certificate of copyright. The
copyright is for the period of five years from the date of registration
(which is the date of application) which may be further extended
for second and third period of five years on payment of prescribed
fee on each occasion. Such application should be made before
the expire of the original or extended term, i.e. before the
copyright in a design ceases. |
| COPYRIGHT IN REGISTERED DESIGNS |
| When a design is registered,
the registered proprietor of the design shall, subject to the
provisions of this Act, have copyright in the design during
five years from the date of registration. |
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