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General designs

Protect Your Creative

Sick of seeing your ideas in the market? IP Australia has worked collaboratively with Design VIC to produce a ‘One stop shop’ guide on intellectual property protection tailored specifically to the Australian Graphic Design industry. Not only does it contain valuable information on how to protect your creative ideas but also demystifies the often complex world of intellectual property and how they can help develop businesses. If you would like to order a hard copy publication please send your request to marketing@ipaustralia.gov.au.

Make Your Mark

IP Australia in partnership with Design VIC has produced a comprehensive, easy to read guide on the importance of intellectual property protection for the Australian Industrial Design industry. This guide will help Industrial Designers with relevant information to develop an intellectual property strategy for business development, with case studies and industry tips on protecting designs from inception through to market. If you would like to order a hard copy publication please send your request to marketing@ipaustralia.gov.au.

A Guide to Designs (you can provide feedback on this guide)

This guide provides information about preparing and filing a design application, requesting registration or publication, and how to maintain and protect your design rights.

Note you may wish to download additional forms from our Design Application Forms area.

To find out how to pay, go to our Making a Payment page.

To order a copy of this brochure, please go to our online publication ordering page.

Australian Designs Office Examination Manuals (1906 Act and 2003 Act)

Protecting your design overseas

This leaflet provides information about international design protection.

Has your design right been infringed?

This leaflet provides information about what you can do if your design right has been infringed

Australian Official Journal of Designs

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Design Application Forms

Application Form (Fillable Form)
     Instructions
     Guidelines for Representations of Designs (Drawings, Photographs or Printed Digital Images)

Request for Registration or Publication of Design(s) (Fillable Form)
     Instructions

• Request to Convert a Design Application (fillable form)
• Request for Direction under s29 or s30
• Request for Withdrawal - Application or Design(s) (fillable form)
• Application for Renewal of Registration (fillable form)
• Offer to Surrender Registered Design(s) (fillable form)
• Request for Examination of Design(s) (fillable form)
• Request for Amendment - Name/Address/Address for Service (fillable form)
• Request for Amendment (other than Name/Address/Address for Service) (fillable form)
• Notice of Material Relating to Newness and Distinctiveness (fillable form)
• Notice of Opposition to Application for Extension of Time (fillable form)
• Request to Assign Ownership or to Record an Interest (fillable form)
• Request for Exercise of Registrar’s Discretionary Powers (fillable form)
• Request for Revocation on grounds relating to Entitled Persons (fillable form)

Extension of Time

Applying for an extension of time [c1]

This leaflet provides information about applying for an extension of time for design protection.

• Application For Extension of Time[c2] (fillable form)
• Fees for Extension of Time [c3]

Other

How to file documents with IP Australia

Guidelines for filing multiple documents

Designs Lodgement Schedule

Designs Transaction Descriptors

Designs Transaction Descriptors

Design Fees

This leaflet shows the schedule of fees for services under the Designs Act.

Declarations Fact Sheet

Designs Declaration Form