Designs

Getting Started

Please Note: Design Applications are part of a future release of eServices. This service is not currently available within eServices.

The Design Application form within eServices will contain common features and screens.

Fees are payable (if applicable) at the time you submit the application. You can pay using a Visa or MasterCard only.

Your application number will be included on the acknowledgement screen after you have submitted and paid for your application.

Each application form will contain specific help to assist you in completing the application.

The status bar lets you know your progess and where you are within the application.

The CANCEL button will let you cancel the application. If you select this your application will not be saved.

The Total Payable area lets you keep track of how much you need to pay. This area is updated based on the services you select.

The NEXT button will take you to the next screen.

The SAVE AS DRAFT button will let you save the application to your local computer at any time.

Disclaimer:
This interactive guide is intended to provide you with a general understanding of the Design Application forms within eServices. There are fields within the design applications that do not appear in this guide. Any fees shown in this guide are not necessarily representative of the current fees charged by IP Australia. For specific advice about what steps you should take to best protect your IP you should consider contacting an IP professional.

Design Category

You will need to select the category that best describes your design application.

You can apply for one design in relation to one product; or one design that is a common design in relation to more than one product. For example one design applied to multiple products such as t-shirts, cups, mouse pads, rulers.

You can also apply for more than one design in relation to one product; or more than one design in relation to more than one product if each product belongs to the same Locarno Agreement class. For example multiple fabric designs could be applied to multiple products in the same class such as face washers, hand towels, bath towels and bath sheets.

If you have previously submitted an application but have had to exclude one of the designs from your application, you can apply for that design under a new application.

Applicant or Agent Selection

Your reference

You can use the Your reference field to identify and keep track of the application. You can use any combination of letters, numerals or special characters.

Products

Generic products the design relates to

You need to tell us what product(s) your design relates to. If you have multiple products you can separate them by using a semi-colon (;). You can enter a maximum of 50 characters including spaces.

Statement of newness and distinctiveness

You may provide a statement that identifies the particular features of the design as being new (not identical to any other design previously disclosed) and distinctive (not substantially similar in overall design to any design that has been previously publshed). You can enter a maximum of 500 characters including spaces.

Representations

The representations should show an accurate and complete picture of your design applied to the products nominated in your application. There is no requirement for a specific number of views, however you must provide sufficient views to fully display your design. Perspective or isometric views are desirable.

All views must show exactly the same design. This particularly applies to colour, as colour is usually a visual feature of the design.

You can attach JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg), PNG (.png) or TIFF (.tif) files. Each file that you attach cannot exceed 20MB in size. You can upload a maximum of 100MB.

You should check your files and their contents before you attach them. For more information on image sizes, resolutions and colourspaces read our Electronic Business Rules

Representations (continued)

You can preview each attachment by clicking the View link in the attachment table. If you have attached the wrong file you can delete it by clicking the Remove link.

The first attachment is the representation that will be published in the Australian Official Journal of Designs.

Priority / Requests

Convention Priority

If you are claiming convention priority for this design application, you need to enter the Application number (if known), the filing date and the name of the convention country that you have applied for the design in.

Requests

As part of your application you can also request for your design to be registered, registered and examined (fees are applicable) or published.

Multiple Designs

If your application is for multiple designs you will need to indicate how many designs there are in the application and enter the information relating to each design through a series of tabs on the Multiple Designs screen.

There are four tab sections that you will need to complete for each design and you can enter a maximum of 25 designs per application.

Summary

When you have entered the information into the form you will be provided with a summary of the application. You can print the summary for your own records or make changes by selecting the Edit details link.

The summary will show you all the information that you have entered and include the fields that you did not enter any information for.

The summary will show you the file names of all the documents and previews of the representations that you have attached to your application.

When you have reviewed the summary screen you will need to click the Proceed to Payment button to pay for the transaction. Once you have paid you will be provided with a screen based official receipt for the transaction. You can print or save the receipt and retain it for your records. You will not be sent a paper receipt in the mail.

eServices - Design Applications