Trinidad and Tobago - Register Industrial Design

ProcedureEdit

To register an industrial design, you will need to file an application with the Intellectual Property Office. Forms are available at the office.
Submit the completed Industrial Design Request Form No. 1 (in duplicate) together with four graphic representations or four drawings or tracings for two-dimensional designs or four graphic representations or four drawings or tracings of each of the different sides of the industrial design for three dimensional designs.
After submission, pay the application fee. The prescribed application fee $500. All payments are due in advance, payable by certified cheque with the Payee as the Controller, Intellectual Property Office or by Linx or through the District Revenue Office, upon presentation of the prescribed voucher issued by the Intellectual Property Office.
Your application will be examined to ensure that:
1. The industrial design is new and in accordance with the definition stated in Section 3(1) of the Industrial Design Act Chapter 82.77
2. The industrial design has not been disclosed to the public anywhere in the world by publication in tangible form or by use or in any other way, prior to the filing date or where applicable, the priority date of the application. Any disclosure that occurred within twelve months preceding the filing date or where applicable, the priority date of the application shall not be taken into consideration.
3. The industrial design is not contrary to public order or morality.
4. There is a statement justifying the applicant’s right to registration of the industrial design, where the applicant is not the creator.
Once your application is approved, you will be invited be invited to pay the Registration and Publication fee. Upon payment, the Intellectual Property Office will prepare a publication page containing the applicant and creator’s bibliographic information and also, information of the Industrial Design which includes a graphic representation of it.
A certificate of registration is created and awarded to the applicant after the publication page has appeared in the local newspaper. The certificate and register is prepared by the office and contains the registration number of the industrial design, the applicant and creator’s bibliographic information and also, information of the Industrial Design which includes all graphic representations of it.

Required DocumentsEdit

The Industrial Design Request Form No. 1.
Four graphic representations or four drawings or tracings for two-dimensional designs or four graphic representations or four drawings or tracings of each of the different sides of the industrial design for three dimensional designs.

Note: The application must be submitted in duplicate on A4 size paper as stated in Rule 10 of the Industrial Design Rules and Regulations. All graphic representations, drawing or tracing of the industrial design should not exceed 10 centimetres x 20 centimetres and such representations, drawings or tracings should be affixed on four sheets of A4 sized cardboard, submitted in duplicate and in black ink. Any specimen shall be of a size not exceeding 20 centimetres x 20 centimetres x 20 centimetres.

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Intellectual Property Office

Address
3rd Floor, Capital Plaza,
11 – 13 Frederick Street,
Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Telephone: (868) 625-9972, 625-1907, 627-0706
Fax: (868) 624-1221
Email: info@ipo.gov.tt

EligibilityEdit

Industrial Design

Any composition of lines or colours, any three-dimensional form or any material whether or not associated with lines or colours, is deemed to be an industrial design where such composition, form or material gives a special appearance to a product of industry or handicraft.

FeesEdit

Application Fee: $500
Correction of application to comply with requirements for according filing date [Section 7(2); Rule 14(2)]: $20.00
Correction of application to comply with formal requirements [Section 7(3); Rule 14(4)]: $20.00
Registration and publication fee [Section 8(1); Rules 14(6) and 15(1)] : $150.00 plus amount payable to publisher (determined by Newsday Newspaper)
Renewal fee [Section 10(2); Rule 16(2)]First renewal: $200.00
Renewal fee [Section 10(2); Rule 16(2)]Second renewal: $400.00

ValidityEdit

Protection of an industrial design is granted for a period of fifteen (15) years.

The registration of an industrial design is valid for a period of five years from the filing date of the application after which it can be renewed for two further consecutive periods of five years through the payment of the prescribed renewal fee.

The first five years is covered by the filing fee and the second and third segments have to be maintained. The first renewal fee (after the first 5 years) would be $200 and the second renewal fee (after the second 5 years) would be $400.

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Sample DocumentsEdit

Application for Industrial Design

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InstructionsEdit

Intellectual Property Office

The IPO is a department within the Ministry of Legal Affairs. The department is the local government agency responsible for handling the registration and conflict resolution of intellectual property rights.

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