Trademark Registration
Search, filing, objections, oppositions, renewals and enforcement — the full trademark lifecycle, handled by one team.
Learn MoreDesign Registration & Geographical Indications
How your product looks, and where it comes from — both can be protected.
Overview
Why It Matters
Customers often choose a product because of how it looks. A design registration under the Designs Act, 2000 protects exactly that — the shape, configuration, pattern and ornamentation of a product — and is often faster and less expensive than a patent for physical products.
The most important rule: file before you launch. Showing, selling or posting a design publicly before filing can destroy its novelty.
Geographical Indications (GI) protect products whose qualities come from their place of origin — like Darjeeling tea or Basmati rice — under the GI Act, 1999. We help producer associations register GIs and producers register as authorised users.
What We Handle
End-to-End Design & Geographical Indications
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Design Search & Novelty Check
Searching existing designs to confirm yours is new before you file.
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Drawings & Representations
Preparing the required views so your design is clearly and completely captured.
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Design Filing & Prosecution
Filing in the correct class and responding to examination objections.
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Design Infringement
Action against copies of your registered design, including claims for damages.
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GI Registration
Filings for producer associations and bodies representing a region’s producers.
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Authorised User Registration
Registering producers as authorised users of an existing GI.
Our Process
How It Works
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Novelty Check 1–2 weeks
A search of existing designs to confirm your design is new and registrable.
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Representations About 1 week
Drawings or photographs of all the required views are prepared.
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Filing Same day
Application filed in the correct class with the official fee.
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Examination A few months
The Design Office examines the application; we address any objections.
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Registration & Publication Up to 15 years
The design is registered and published — protected for 10 years, extendable by 5.
Industries We Serve
- Consumer Products
- Furniture & Home Décor
- Fashion & Footwear
- Jewellery
- Packaging
- Electronics & Accessories
- Handicrafts & Textiles
- Agricultural Producers (GI)
FAQ
Design & Geographical Indications Questions
Quick answers to what clients ask us most about design & geographical indications.
Still have a question?
Initial consultations are complimentary. We respond within 24 hours.
Talk to Our IP Team or call +91-97110 23307The visual appearance of a product — its shape, configuration, pattern or ornamentation. It doesn’t protect how the product works; that’s the job of a patent.
Usually not. A design must be new at the time of filing, and prior publication or sale generally destroys novelty. Always file before you launch, exhibit or post the design online.
If customers buy your product for its look, a design registration is often the faster and more cost-effective choice. If your product has a new technical function, consider a patent. Many products benefit from both.
10 years from the date of registration, extendable once for a further 5 years — 15 years in total.
An association of producers, or an organisation or authority representing the interests of producers of the goods — not usually an individual. Individual producers can then register as authorised users of the GI.
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Learn MoreIs your product’s look worth protecting? Let’s register it before someone copies it.
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