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General designs

The Designs Application Kit (you can provide feedback on this pack)

This Application Kit 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 download a printable copy of this brochure, click here. Alternatively, 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

Guidelines for Representations of Designs (Drawings, Photographs or Printed Digital Images)

This leaflet provides guidelines for preparing and lodging design representations in the form of drawings and photographs. The leaflet also shows several examples of the representations of some recently registered designs.


Design Application Forms

Application Form (Fillable Form)
     Instructions

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


Extension of Time

Applying for an extension of time [c1]

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


Best Practice Guidelines for filing

Designs Lodgement Schedule

Designs Transaction Descriptors

Designs Transaction Descriptors

Design Fees

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

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