Expounding Design Act, 2000 in Context of Assam’s Textile Sector

Abstract

Industrial Design Rights is a part of the intellectual property rights that provides the rights of exclusiveness to the visible designs of objects like textile, jewellery, furniture, flower vase or any other decorative items that are usually not popular utilitarian. Design protects design of the industrial object as well as its appearance. It aids in constructing any material or item much attractive and appealing resulting in growing trading viability of product and help in increasing its market eventuality. Human beings are creative and that creative tendency derives inspirations from nature. This creativity leads to designs that are unique in nature and force the human soul towards its beauty since it appeals to the finer senses and the eye. The Industrial Design Act, 2000 essentially protects the elements of design which can be judged only by the eye. A Design is something that is applied to an object and is not the object itself. Design applied to an object ought to be something that to be provided to the consumer as a finished goods.