“Design is not just what it looks like, design is also how it works.”
– Steve Jobs
A design registration affords protection specifically for the visual features of an article, e.g., the shape, pattern, configuration and/or appearance of an industrial article. A design registration can be relied upon by the proprietor to prevent others from making, importing, using or disposing of articles within the same class and embodying the same registered design or a design not substantially different therefrom.
In South Africa, there are two types of registered designs that can be be obtained, namely functional and aesthetic designs:
We can assist with the following aspects related to registered designs:
We have secured registered designs for our clients in various countries around the world, with the assistance of our foreign agents, with whom we have a long standing working relationship. As such, we are well placed to assist with you regional intellectual property requirements that you may have.
Foreign agents can access a list of our Fees for registered designs in South Africa here.
Local clients are welcome to Contact Us directly for an obligation free quote.
Cape Town
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Phone: +27 (0) 21 100 4545 info@debeerattorneys.com
Johannesburg
The Business Centre Nicol Grove Office Park c/o William Nicol & Leslie Ave Fourways, 2191 South Africa
Phone: +27 (0) 11 513 3540 info@debeerattorneys.com
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