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The Designs Act, 2000

The Designs Act, 2000

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The Designs Act of 2000 is an Indian law that regulates the registration and protection of visual designs applied to manufactured products, covering features like shape, pattern, configuration, and color. It applies to creators, business owners, and organizations looking to secure exclusive rights to their new or original product designs. This law matters because it grants proprietors a legal copyright to prevent others from copying or selling imitations of their unique work. By providing these essential legal protections and penalties for commercial piracy, this key legislation actively encourages industrial innovation and aligns India with the modern international intellectual property standards.

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Chapter I PRELIMINARY →

  1. 1Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2Definitions.

Chapter II REGISTRATION OF DESIGNS →

  1. 3Controller and other officers.
  2. 4Prohibition of registration of certain designs.
  3. 5Application for registration of designs.
  4. 6Registration to be in respect of particular article.
  5. 7Publication of particulars of registered designs.
  6. 8Power of Controller to make orders regarding substitution of application, etc.
  7. 9Certificate of registration.
  8. 10Register of designs.

Chapter III COPYRIGHT IN REGISTERED DESIGNS →

  1. 11Copyright on registration.
  2. 12Restoration of lapsed designs.
  3. 13Procedure for disposal of applications for restoration of lapsed designs.
  4. 14Rights of proprietor of lapsed design which have been restored.
  5. 15Requirements before delivery on sales.
  6. 16Effect of disclosure on copyright.
  7. 17Inspection of registered designs.
  8. 18Information as to existence of copyright.
  9. 19Cancellation of registration.
  10. 20Designs to bind Government.

Chapter IV INDUSTRIAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS →

  1. 21Provisions as to exhibitions.

Chapter V LEGAL PROCEEDINGS →

  1. 22Piracy of registered design.
  2. 23Application of certain provisions of the Act as to patents to designs.

Chapter VI CHAPTER VI →

  1. 24Fees.
  2. 25Notice of trust not to be entered in registers.
  3. 26Inspection of and extracts from registers.
  4. 27Privilege of reports of Controller.
  5. 28Prohibition and publication of specification, drawings, etc., where application abandoned, etc.
  6. 29Power of Controller to correct clerical errors.
  7. 30Entry of assignment and transmissions in registers.
  8. 31Rectification of register.

Chapter VII POWERS AND DUTIES OF CONTROLLER →

  1. 32Powers of Controller in proceedings under Act.
  2. 33Exercise of discretionary power by Controller.
  3. 34Power of Controller to take directions of the Central Government.
  4. 35Refusal to register a design in certain cases.
  5. 36Appeals to the High Court.

Chapter VIII EVIDENCE, ETC. →

  1. 37Evidence before the Controller.
  2. 38Certificate of Controller to be evidence.
  3. 39Evidence of documents in patent office.
  4. 40Applications and notices by post.
  5. 41Declaration by infant, lunatic, etc.
  6. 42Avoidance of certain restrictive conditions.

Chapter IX AGENCY →

  1. 43Agency.

Chapter X POWERS, ETC., OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT →

  1. 44Reciprocal arrangement with the United Kingdom and other convention countries or group of countries of inter-governmental organisations.
  2. 45Report of the Controller to be placed before Parliament.
  3. 46Protection of security of India.
  4. 47Power of Central Government to make rules.

Chapter XI REPEAL AND SAVINGS →

  1. 48Repeal and savings.

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