We have already touched on industrial design and the importance of its registration, protection in our previous articles. And in this article we will discuss how to register design and get the certificate.
As we already know, the industrial design is an outward appearance of any item, with its pattern, color, shape and other features. In case of keeping or registering it, the owner has the right to prohibit the copy or imitation of design.
The certificate enables the protection, use, distribution or sale of industrial design.
In case of such violations, punishment is defined in the manner prescribed by law. This affirms the need to register an industrial design to avoid undesirable problems. To register design you need to complete an application that is considered as a legal basis of certificate.
The application consists of important points that are indispensable to consider it complete.
- An application for certificate to indicate the name of design, the applicant’s data, and the place of residence.
- The application must also contain the description of design, by identifying all the essential features.
- The ergonomic scheme of design is also needed for identifying and understanding the essence of industrial design.
- The payment receipts are also required for industrial design certificate.
After filling in the documents, the application must be submitted to the State Authorized Body, which in this case is the Intellectual Property Agency of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia.
Well, we already know what to do in order to register an industrial design and get a certificate.
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