Designs Law

Books On Designs Law, IPR Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright Law, Case Law

The main purpose of design law is to protect the design element of industrial production and to promote innovative activity in the field of industries. In 1842, George Bruce was awarded the first design patent for fonts.

Designs Act, 2000

The New Designs Act, 2000 conforms to international trends in design administration.

The TRIPS Agreement provides minimum standards of protection of industrial designs.

Article 2.1 of TRIPS Agreement obligates its members to comply with Articles 1 to 12 and Article 19 of the Paris Convention.

Article 25.1 obligates the members to provide protection of independently created industrial designs that are new or original.

Article 25.2 mandates each member to ensure that requirement for securing protection for textile designs, in particular in regard to any cost, examination or publication, do not unreasonably impair the opportunity to see and obtain such protection. This obligation can, however, be met either through copyright law or design law.

Article 26.1 confers upon the owner of a protected industrial design, the right to prevent third parties not having his consent from making, selling or importing articles bearing or embodying a design which is a copy, or substantially a copy, of the protected design when such acts are undertaken for commercial purposes.

Article 26.2 provides limited exceptions that do not unreasonably conflict with the normal exploitation of protected industrial designs and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the owner, taking account of the legitimate interests of the third parties.

Article 26.3 provides for a minimum term of protection of at-least 10 years

Books On Designs Law:

Irish Copyright and Design Law (Ring-bound) by Robert Clark

Design Law in Europe: An Analysis of the Protection of Artistic, Industrial, and Functional Designs Under Copyright, Design, Unfair Competit by Uma Suthersanen

The Geneva Act (1999) Of The Hague Agreement Concerning The International Registration Of Industrial Designs: Drafting History and Analysis Kluwer Law International by William T., III Fryer

Copyright and designs law: Report of the Committee to Consider the Law on Copyright and Designs - Great Britain

Copyright and Designs Law:A Question of Balance by Peter Groves

The Geneva Act (1999) Of The Hague Agreement Concerning The International Registration Of Industrial Designs