An application for registration of a design can be filed by any
person claiming to be a proprietor of a new or original design
applied on an article. The proprietor could be:
- an author of the design;
- an exclusive assignee of the design;
- original proprietor of the design jointly with another person
to whom rights have been transferred
An application for registration of design can be filed at any
branch of the Indian Patent Office (IPO). However, further
processing and prosecution of the Design Application takes place at
Kolkata Branch of IPO.
The representations of a design applied on an article, which are
to be submitted for registration, should be in one format and these
can be drawings, photographs or computer graphics. It is advisable
to include a perspective view, front view, back view, right side
view, left side view, top view and bottom view of the article on
which the design is applied along with the application for design
registration.
