{"id":28264,"date":"2024-11-27T11:57:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T06:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28264"},"modified":"2025-04-08T17:58:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:28:46","slug":"design-law-treaty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/design-law-treaty\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Law Treaty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Design Law Treaty:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It seeks to <strong>harmonize the procedural frameworks<\/strong> for <strong>industrial design protection<\/strong>, improving the efficiency and accessibility of registration processes across multiple jurisdictions.<\/li>\n<li>The treaty requires <strong>15 contracting parties<\/strong> to enter into force.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key features<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It provides for a <strong>grace period of 12 months<\/strong> following a first disclosure of the design, during which such disclosure will not affect its validity for registration.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>provides relief measures<\/strong> and offers some flexibility to applicants to prevent them from losing their rights <strong>if they miss a deadline.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Simplified Renewal Process:<\/strong> Simplifies the procedure for requesting the renewal of a design registration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>E-filing Systems:<\/strong> Promotes the <strong>introduction of e-filing systems<\/strong> for designs and the electronic exchange of priority documents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Technical Assistance:<\/strong> Ensures the <strong>availability of technical assistance<\/strong> to developing and least developed countries for the implementation of the treaty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benefits<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Its goal is to <strong>ensure that the benefits of streamlined design protection<\/strong> are accessible to all stakeholders, with particular emphasis on <strong>small and medium-sized enterprises<\/strong> (SMEs), startups, and independent designers.<\/li>\n<li>By standardizing procedural requirements, the <strong>DLT reduces administrative burdens<\/strong>, thereby promoting global creativity in design.<\/li>\n<li>When combined with initiatives like the Startup India program and the Startups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP) scheme, these provisions will help empower <strong>startups and SMEs to secure design rights globally<\/strong>, boosting their competitiveness and supporting market growth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>India recently signed<\/strong> the final act of this treaty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is the World Intellectual Property Organization?<\/h3>\n<p>It is a specialized agency of the United Nations, located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was established by the WIPO Convention in 1967. Its mission is to lead the development of a balanced and effective international intellectual property (IP) system that enables innovation and creativity for the benefit of all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2077272\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">India signs the Final Act of the Riyadh Design Law Treaty<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Design Law Treaty seeks to harmonize the procedural frameworks for industrial design protection, improving the efficiency and accessibility of registration processes across multiple jurisdictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}