An article produced using an industrial process can be protected from counterfeiting by a new design registration, a form of intellectual property protection. Any article that has a shape, configuration, pattern, ornament, composition of lines, color or combination can be registered under the Design Act, 2000. A design must satisfy the following conditions before it can be registered: it must be original and new, the design should relate to a shape, configuration, pattern, or ornament applied to an article, and the design must be applied by an industrial process to any article, and the design must be visible on the […]