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Industrial Designs

Industrial Designs
February 13, 2019 Intellectual Property 0
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    • How we do it

    Client
    Appoint Us as Agents

    Client
    Provides Designs

    Appointed Agent
    Files Application

    Authiority
    Examines Filed Application

    Authority
    Issues 90 Days Gazette Notice

    Grant
    Grant of Design

    Time Frame
    4-5Months

    INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PROTECTION

    What is an Industrial Design?

    An industrial design is the ornamental aesthetic aspect of a useful article that makes an article attractive and appealing, therefore adding commercial value to the product and increasing marketability. Protection of the design ensures that the person or entity that has registered the design is assured an exclusive right against unauthorized copying or imitation by third parties.

    APPLICABILITY AND TIME OF PROTECTION.

    Industrial designs are applied to a wide variety of products of industry and handicraft items: from packages and containers to furnishing and household goods, from lighting equipment to jewelry, and from electronic devices to textiles. Industrial designs may also apply to graphic symbols and graphical user interfaces (GUI)
    Industrial design rights are granted for FIVE (5) years renewable for two more consecutive five-year terms.
    Industrial design protection does not protect the technical features of the product.

    Requirements for protection.

    For a design to be protected, it must be:

    New: There must be no identical design already available to the public before the date of filing or application for registration.
    Original: The design must be independently created by the designer and not a copy or imitation of existing designs.

    Where the applicant is not the creator, the request shall be accompanied by a statement justifying the applicant’s right to the registration of the industrial design.

    Industrial design protection can be applied under the Ugandan domestic laws for registration only within Uganda and also across 20 countries that make up the African Intellectual Property Organisation, by filling through Uganda IP offices for both local and foreign persons.

    Contact us to represent you, in filling out all your industrial design application to ensure the protection of IP rights.

    ADDITIONAL FEATURES

    NEW DESIGN
    The design must be new, not already in the market, or already registered within Uganda by another person.
    ORIGNAL DESIGN
    Design must be independently created by the designer and not a copy or imitation of existing designs.
    Graphic Representation
    The design must have detailed or adequate graphic representations of the product or article
    Descriptive Features Identifcation
    The design must have descriptions identifying the functional features of the product or article.
    PRIOR REGISTRATION
    Get registration if your design is already registered in other countries, where it may not be considered new and original.
    National/Regional Registration
    Clients have the option to either file their industrial design application in Uganda alone or regionally across 20 countries in Africa.
    Power of Attorney
    Appoint us as your agent through a power of attorney to file your application.
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