Design Registration (Design Patent) in India

Filing starts from 6400/- All Inclusive – Per Application

Stop competitors from copying the look of your product. A registered design protects the shape, pattern and configuration of your product across India for up to 15 years. Our Pune-based IPR team checks whether your design is new, prepares the drawings, files your application online and handles any objections until it is registered.

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  • Protect the 2D and 3D appearance of your product
  • Exclusive rights for 10 years, extendable by 5 more
  • Expert advice on whether your design can be registered
  • Representation sheets prepared from your photos or CAD files
  • File online from anywhere in India, with a dedicated manager

How to Register a Design with Us: 5 Easy Steps

Information Form

Tell us about your product and share photos, sketches or CAD files of the design.

Viability Check and Quotation

We check whether the design is likely to be new and registrable, identify its class and send you a quotation.

Drawings and Documents

We prepare the representation sheets showing each view of the product, the statement of novelty and the Power of Attorney.

Online Filing

Once you approve the draft, we file your application online and share the application number.

Objections and Registration

We track the application, reply to any objections and keep you updated until the design is registered.

Design Registration Fees

All-inclusive packages per design application, covering the government fee, drawings, drafting, filing and objection handling.

Gold Package

6400/-

(All Inclusive)

  • For Individual / Natural Person Applicants

Platinum Package

10000/-

(All Inclusive)

  • For Companies, Firms and Organizations

Design Registration Service Package

  • Design Viability and Class Check
  • Representation Sheets (Drawings)
  • Statement of Novelty
  • Design Application Number
  • Government Acknowledgement Receipts
  • Objection Handling
  • Online Application Tracking
  • End-to-End Service

Design Registration Process in India

Designs are registered under the Designs Act, 2000 by the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. Applications are filed online and examined by the Design Wing of the Patent Office in Kolkata. After filing, an application goes through these stages:

Stages After Filing

Filing

The application, representation sheets and statement of novelty are filed online and an application number is issued.

Examination

An examiner checks the formalities, whether the design is new and original, and whether it falls within the definition of a design.

Objections (if any)

Any objections are sent in an examination report. We file the reply and amend the application if needed.

Hearing (if needed)

If the objections are not resolved by the reply, a hearing is held and we represent you.

Registration and Publication

Once accepted, the design is registered, a certificate is issued and the registration is published in the Patent Office Journal.

Benefits of Design Registration

  • Exclusive right to apply the design to the registered article in India
  • Legal remedies against anyone who copies it, including damages
  • Protection for 10 years, extendable once by 5 years
  • An intellectual property asset you can license or sell
  • Protects the distinctive look customers associate with your product
  • Strengthens your position when dealing with marketplaces and distributors

Documents Required for Design Registration

  • Identity and address proof of the applicant
  • Incorporation or registration documents, for companies and firms
  • Power of Attorney on Rs 100/- Stamp Paper
  • Photos, CAD files or drawings of the product from every side
  • Name of the article and a short description of what is new about the design
  • Priority document, if you are claiming priority from a filing abroad

What Can and Cannot Be Registered as a Design

A design is protected only if it is new, original, applied to an article by an industrial process, and judged by the eye. It must also be significantly different from designs already known.

Can be registered

  • Shape of a product, such as a bottle, chair, lamp or phone case
  • Configuration, the arrangement of a product's parts
  • Patterns and ornamentation on fabric, tiles or wallpaper
  • Composition of lines or colours applied to an article
  • Packaging, jewellery, footwear, furniture and device designs

Cannot be registered

  • Features dictated purely by function, or how a product works
  • Methods or principles of construction
  • Trademarks and logos (register these as a trademark)
  • Artistic works such as paintings and sculptures on their own
  • Designs already published or used publicly before filing

File Before You Launch: The Novelty Rule

The Designs Act only protects designs that have not been disclosed to the public anywhere in the world before the filing date. Posting product photos on social media, listing it on a marketplace, showing it at a trade fair or selling samples before filing can make the design impossible to register.

So the safest order is: finalise the design, file the application, then launch. If you have already filed abroad in a Paris Convention country, you can file in India within 6 months and keep the earlier date.

Design vs Trademark vs Copyright vs Patent

ProtectsLawDuration
DesignHow a product looks: shape, pattern, configurationDesigns Act, 200010 years + 5-year extension
TrademarkBrand name, logo, sloganTrade Marks Act, 199910 years, renewable indefinitely
CopyrightOriginal creative and artistic worksCopyright Act, 1957Author's lifetime + 60 years
PatentHow an invention works: new technical solutionsPatents Act, 197020 years

Copyright alone is not enough for products made in quantity: copyright in a registrable design ends once it is applied to more than 50 articles by an industrial process. Read more on why design protection matters for commercial success.

Who Should Register Their Designs?

Manufacturers and D2C brands

Protect product shapes before launching on marketplaces, where copies appear quickly.

Furniture and home decor

Register the look of chairs, lamps, tiles and fittings.

Fashion, footwear and jewellery

Protect distinctive cuts, patterns and jewellery designs.

Packaging and FMCG

Register distinctive bottles, containers and pack shapes.

Electronics and accessories

Protect the appearance of devices, chargers and cases.

Industrial designers and startups

Secure your designs before pitching them to clients, investors or manufacturers.

Related Services and Guides

Trademark Registration

Protect the brand name and logo on your product. From ₹6,400.

Copyright Registration

Protect artwork, packaging graphics and content. From ₹5,500.

Design Registration: Fees, Process and Status

A detailed guide to fees, documents and checking your application status.

Design Protection and Commercial Success

Why the look of a product is worth protecting.

Frequently Asked Questions

Design registration protects the visual appearance of a product: its shape, configuration, pattern, ornamentation or composition of lines and colours, in 2D or 3D. It is granted under the Designs Act, 2000 and gives you the exclusive right to apply that design to the registered article in India.

In India, "design patent" is a common name for design registration. The legal term is a registered design under the Designs Act, 2000. It is handled by the Patent Office, which is why it is often called a design patent, but it protects appearance, not how a product works.

Any new and original visual feature applied to an article by an industrial process and judged by the eye, for example the shape of a bottle, the pattern on a fabric, the look of furniture, a lamp, jewellery, packaging, footwear or a consumer device. The design must not have been published or used publicly anywhere before you file.

Purely functional or mechanical features, methods of construction, trademarks, artistic works protected by copyright (such as a painting or sculpture on its own), designs that are not new or not significantly different from known designs, and designs that are offensive or contrary to public order.

A registered design is protected for 10 years from the date of registration, which is the filing date. It can be extended once for a further 5 years, giving a maximum of 15 years.

Our all-inclusive package is ₹6,400 for individual applicants and ₹10,000 for companies, firms and organisations. It covers the novelty check, preparation of the representation sheets, drafting, government fee, online filing, objection handling and tracking.

We file once the drawings and documents are ready, and you get an application number on filing. The Patent Office then examines the application. If there are no objections, registration usually follows within a few months; replying to objections can add time.

The Designs Act only protects designs that have not been published or disclosed to the public anywhere in the world before the filing date. Showing your product online, at a trade fair or to buyers before filing can destroy its novelty, so file first, then launch.

Yes. The application includes representation sheets showing the article from each relevant view (front, back, top, bottom, sides and perspective), with a short statement of novelty. We prepare these from your photos, CAD files or sketches.

Designs are registered by the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. Applications can be filed online from anywhere in India and are examined by the Design Wing of the Patent Office in Kolkata. Registered designs are published in the Patent Office Journal.

Copyright protects artistic works such as paintings and drawings. Once a design that could be registered is applied to more than 50 articles by an industrial process, copyright in it ends, so products made in quantity need design registration for protection.

A trademark protects your brand name, logo or slogan, which identifies who makes a product. Design registration protects how the product itself looks. Many products need both, for example a branded bottle with a distinctive shape.

Copying a registered design is called piracy under the Designs Act. You can sue for an injunction and damages, or claim a fixed sum of up to ₹25,000 per contravention (up to ₹50,000 in total for any one design).

Yes. If you have filed the design in a Paris Convention country, you can file in India within 6 months and claim the earlier filing date.

About Law Certis Consulting

We have been working in the field of Intellectual Property Rights in India since 2013. Though, our office is located in Pune, Maharashtra, we have served clients from all over India and abroad.

We have successfully established our goodwill in the market even after facing competition from heavily funded organizations due to our discipline and policies which we have evolved through experience in this industry.

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