A Brief Of The Design (Amendment) Rules, 2021

On June 7, 2019, in a historic move, India sent its instruments of accession to the Nice Agreement, Vienna Agreement, and the Locarno Agreement. The Nice and the Vienna Agreement are treaties that concern themselves with the International Classification of Trademarks, the Locarno Agreement Establishes an International Classification for Industrial Designs. Although, India followed these classification systems closely even when it was not a signatory to these Agreements, after the formal accession it will be bound to follow the latest versions of the classification systems. This piece will deal with India's accession to the Locarno Agreement and its adoption through the Design (Amendment) Rules, 2021.