Industrial Design
An industrial design constitutes the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article. An industrial design may consist of three-dimensional features, such as the shape of an article, or two-dimensional features, such as patterns, lines or colour.
Industrial design search is the preferred and safer step (non-mandatory) before registering industrial design before design registry office as this will limit the possibility of rejection of the grant of industrial design.
Although the IP offices of most of the countries make this database available online, they will not help you comprehensively to determine whether your design is registrable in advance of filing an application, thus, you may consider entrusting us. At AWALNUT IPR we do provide design search services by accessing to jurisdictional databases and by performing a thorough search against the aesthetic nature of your design.
Our Patent workforce implements procedural filing strategies that honour your designs’ aesthetic form and how extensively your design’s functionality can be gauged by the respective examiner. Our team of attorneys proceed to an official application once the search results are received and are non-problematic. We do this to ensure consistency with local IP laws and to avoid chances of rejection. Our patent specialists proceed to oversee the application lifecycle through constant reviews and follow ups to warrant that you are swiftly granted a design patent.
In order to maintain the registration, right holders must pay a maintenance fee. Our IP/patent experts enforce design portfolio maintenance strategies Through our meticulous design maintenance operation, we ensure that your industrial design rights are preserved through steady communication strategies that advise you on any threats of lapsing designs, upcoming deadlines of either an upcoming maintenance fee or the submission of requested credentials by local IP office.
An industrial design or utility model recordals refer to an official record of all amendments made to your application such as change in ownership, changes in name and or address of owner or license availability. At AWALNUT IPR we do provide active support for the same.
Registered designs are published in the design gazette right after registration. After the publication, any party who thinks that the design should not have been accepted into the Designs register can file an opposition against the design.
Our litigation expertise at AWALNUT IPR can help you safeguard your design as well as can provide other design litigation services.
Our patent litigation team take a highly professional and systematic approach towards design regulatory compliance and aggressive prosecution activities, which are critical for recouping corresponding to your patents' goodwill.