Volume : I, Issue : V, October - 2012

Protection of Industrial Designs in India

Dr. Navdeep Kour Sasan

Abstract :

TRIPS Agreement provides minimum standards to be adopted by the member nations for protecting the industrial designs. It requires protection for the new or original designs. The Indian Designs Act, 2000 also affords protection to the proprietor of the design for the minimum term mandated by the TRIPS Agreement, irrespective of the fact that such person is the originator of the design or not. The Designs Act further confers copyright to the proprietor of the registered design and confers protection against its piracy. This article is an endeavour to analyze the minimum standards prescribed by the TRIPS Agreement with respect to the protection of industrial designs and its application in India to protect the designs under the Designs Act, 2000. For the purpose this article is divided into four parts. First part deals with the general introduction of the subject. Second part is attributed to the TRIPS provisions relating to requirements of protection and rights accruing out of such protection of designs. In the third part, Indian perspective on the subject of industrial designs has been dealt in, and finally conclusion is drawn

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Dr. Navdeep Kour Sasan Protection of Industrial Designs in India International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.I, Issue.V Oct 2012

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