Searchers often use "design patent" — US terminology — when they need industrial design registration in India under the Designs Act, 2000.
US design patent
Protects ornamental design of an article of manufacture for 15 years from grant under USPTO practice.
Indian design registration
Protects shape, configuration, pattern, or ornament applied to an article. Initial term is ten years, renewable for five. Functional features belong in patent law, not design.
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File in each jurisdiction as needed. DuxLegis coordinates India design registration and US design patent counsel.