Industrial Designs

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Industrial Designs

Section 2(1) of schedule IV of the Bangui Accord provides that an Industrial Design/Model is “… any new design or any new three-dimensional form or any industrial object which differs from like objects either by a distinct and recognizable form giving it an aspect of novelty, or by one or several external effects giving a new and distinct appearance.”

We shall require the following details to prepare and file your application for Industrial Design:

  1. Full name and address of the applicant;
  2. Full name and address of the author of the design or model;
  3. Precise designation of the product to which the design or model is destined to be incorporated;
  4. The classes of products;
  5. The date, number and country of previous application (if priority is claimed);
  6. The mode of payment of taxes;
  7. 03 identical copies of a print of the design or model;
  8. Priority document (if applicable);
  9. Power of Attorney (notarisation not required)