What is an industrial design?
An industrial design is the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article.
An industrial design consists of the creation of a shape, configuration or composition of pattern or color, or combination of pattern and color in three dimensional form containing aesthetic value. An industrial design can be a two- or three-dimensional pattern used to produce a product, industrial commodity or handicraft.
What does an industrial design do?
An industrial design adds commercial value of a product and increases its marketability.
Each country has its own Industrial design laws, registration system and procedures.
Some countries have joint Industrial design laws, registration system and procedures.
Regional Schemes Available for Industrial Design Protection in AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST & MEDITERRANEAN:
ARIPO (African Regional Intellectual Property Organization): Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland,
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
OAPI (African Intellectual Property Organization): Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
Community Designs: European Union member countries.
In the field of Industrial Designs, LAFAFSI LIMITED, provides a number of solutions, namely:
- Conducting searches
- Filing and prosecuting of design applications
- Attending to recording of Assignment, Merger, Change of Name or Address
- Attending to licensing issues and recording
- Undertaking and payment of maintenance and/or renewals
- Watching services
- Consultation
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