Design Views – How To File?

In India, an application for registration of design is filed to protect the aesthetics of a product, therefore, the images that are filed along with the design application becomes the most important basis for the Examiner at the Designs Office to decide on the novelty.

To begin with, designs of maps, calendars, books, jackets, leaflets, greeting cards, postcards, stamps, plan cards etc. are non-registrable and may be outrightly rejected. Therefore, it is advised not to file such articles under a design application.

While submitting the application for design registration, one needs to be careful about the image views deemed appropriate as per the Design Law as any sort of default therein may result in objection to the design application, if not rejection. The design for an article is submitted in a document called Additional Representation, where the applicant is required to disclose 7 views (i.e. top perspective, top, bottom, front, back, left and right) of the