HENRY FORD
Industrial Design
Industrial design is nothing more than product design. Its appearance needs to be protected to avoid copying.
It is possible to apply to the INPI (National Institute of Industrial Property) for the registration of a three-dimensional object, such as a bottle, or an ornamental pattern (two-dimensional).
IPLatam provides industrial design registration of watches, cutlery, jewelry, furniture, packaging and any other product that needs to have its aesthetics guaranteed by law.
6 thousand industrial designs are registered per year in Brazil
Furniture, clothing and footwear are among the products with the most industrial design registrations.
Grendene, Samsung and Duratex are among the 20 largest depositors of designs at INPI
Colors cannot be protected with industrial design registration
What you need to know
It is quite fast, compared to the wait in patent and trademark processes. INPI takes less than 1 year to grant the product design registration.
No. INPI does not accept drawings that may be offensive to the honor or image of people. Or even purely artistic designs that cannot have an industrial scale. Designs that violate religious beliefs and cults are also prohibited.
For 10 years, from the date of application, renewable for three more successive periods of five years. It is, therefore, 25 years of exclusive rights over the design.
IPLatam has more than 20 years of experience in this subject and is certainly ready to analyze your project and guide you on the best way to protect your creation.
– Previous Search
– Recordability analysis
– Preparation of technical-descriptive reports
– Deposit and monitoring of administrative processes
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