How long does a Design Application take?

September 29, 2008
Intellectual Property News and Interesting Facts

How long does a Design Application take? It usually takes about eight months from the date of filing the application until notification of registration is received from the South African Designs Office.

If foreign registered designs are to be applied for, we should be notified thereof at the outset, but foreign design applications may be filed in a number of countries within six months after the filing of a South African registered design.

Such a design application may then claim the priority date of the South African design.

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Design Links

1. Identical Designs & Dispute Resolution – Should a situation arise where a dispute needs to be settled about two identical designs
2. Concept Design Registration – Our Designs Act provides for aesthetic and functional designs to be registered. Should you thus have a concept design
3. Interaction Design – Interaction design and User-experience design facilitate interactions between people and their environment.
4. Industrial Designs – Industrial designs in South Africa can be filed as Functional Design or an Aesthetic Design, or both.
5. Registered Design – Registered designs in South Africa: A Registered design can be filed as Functional Design or an Aesthetic Design, or both.
6. Aesthetic Design – The features of an Aesthetic Design are judged solely by the eye and are not involved in the function of an article.
7. Functional Design – Functional Design applies to the pattern, shape, ornamentation or configuration and performance of an article