Designs Act, 2000
Bare Act · 2000
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to protection of designs.
In the syllabus of: AIBE · Delhi Higher Judiciary · Telangana Higher Judiciary · UGC NET Law · UPSC Law Optional
- Act number
- 16 of 2000
- Enacted
- 25 May 2000
- Contents
- 48 sections · 10 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — Registration Of Designs
- Section 3 – Controller and other officers
- Section 4 – Prohibition of registration of certain designs
- Section 5 – Application for registration of designs
- Section 6 – Registration to be in respect of particular article (preview)
- Section 7 – Publication of particulars of registered designs (preview)
- Section 8 – Power of Controller to make orders regarding substitution of application, etc (preview)
- Section 9 – Certificate of registration (preview)
- Section 10 – Register of designs (preview)
- Section 11 – Copyright on registration (preview)
- Section 12 – Restoration of lapsed designs (preview)
- Section 13 – Procedure for disposal of applications for restoration of lapsed designs (preview)
- Section 14 – Rights of proprietor of lapsed design which have been restored (preview)
- Section 15 – Requirements before delivery on sales (preview)
- Section 16 – Effect of disclosure on copyright (preview)
- Section 17 – Inspection of registered designs (preview)
- Section 18 – Information as to existence of copyright (preview)
- Section 19 – Cancellation of registration (preview)
- Section 20 – Designs to bind Government (preview)
Chapter IV — Industrial And International Exhibitions
Chapter V — Legal Proceedings
- Section 22 – Piracy of registered design (preview)
- Section 23 – Application of certain provisions of the Act as to patents to designs (preview)
Chapter VI — General
- Section 24 – Fees (preview)
- Section 25 – Notice of trust not to be entered in registers (preview)
- Section 26 – Inspection of and extracts from registers (preview)
- Section 27 – Privilege of reports of Controller (preview)
- Section 28 – Prohibition and publication of specification, drawings, etc., where application abandoned, etc (preview)
- Section 29 – Power of Controller to correct clerical errors (preview)
- Section 30 – Entry of assignment and transmissions in registers (preview)
- Section 31 – Rectification of register (preview)
Chapter VII — Powers And Duties Of Controller
- Section 32 – Powers of Controller in proceedings under Act (preview)
- Section 33 – Exercise of discretionary power by Controller (preview)
- Section 34 – Power of Controller to take directions of the Central Government (preview)
- Section 35 – Refusal to register a design in certain cases (preview)
- Section 36 – Appeals to the High Court (preview)
Chapter VIII
- Section 37 – Evidence before the Controller (preview)
- Section 38 – Certificate of Controller to be evidence (preview)
- Section 39 – Evidence of documents in patent office (preview)
- Section 40 – Applications and notices by post (preview)
- Section 41 – Declaration by infant, lunatic, etc (preview)
- Section 42 – Avoidance of certain restrictive conditions (preview)
Chapter IX — Agency
- Section 43 – Agency (preview)
Chapter X
- Section 44 – Reciprocal arrangement with the United Kingdom and other convention countries or group of countries of inter-governmental organisations (preview)
- Section 45 – Report of the Controller to be placed before Parliament (preview)
- Section 46 – Protection of security of India (preview)
- Section 47 – Power of Central Government to make rules (preview)
Chapter XI — Repeal And Saving
- Section 48 – Repeal and savings (preview)