EMERGING ISSUES ON DESIGNS IN INDIA: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ENGINEERING SECTOR

Design has been considered as one of the essential elements for commercialization of product. It has been protected under the Designs Act, 2000. The design is the one kind of intellectual property. It has got legal recognition long back but the value of design is being realized only in recent past. At the end of the 19th century in the Paris Convention industrial designs were recognized as dynamic features of trade. Presently reputation and intangible assets are more essential corporate assets for implementing successful corporate strategy. The eye appeal is a basic concept for recognition of design. There are overlapping between copyright and design as per as claiming protection for either under the Copyright Act, 1957 or the Designs Act, 2000.In this paper, commercial viability for design system and its importance in engineering sector also will be discussed in detail.