• Class 1:- Foodstuffs.
• Class 2:- Articles of clothing and haberdashery.
• Class 3:- Travel goods. cases. parasols and personal belongings, not elsewhere specified.
• Class 4:- Brush ware.
• Class 5:- Textile p1ece goods, artificial and natural sheet material.
• Class 6:- Furnishing
• Class 7:- Household goods, not elsewhere specified.
• Class 8:- Tools & hardware.
• Class 9:- Packages and containers for the transport or handling of goods.
• Class 10:- Clocks and watches and other measuring instruments, checking and signalling instruments.
• Class 11:- Articles of adornment.
• Class 12:- Means of transport or hoisting.
• Class 13:- Equipment for production, distribution or transformation of electricity.
• Class 14:- Recording, communication or information retrieval equipment.
• Class 15:- Machines, not elsewhere specified.
• Class 16:- Photographic cinematographic and optical apparatus.
• Class 17:- Musical instruments.
• Class 18:- Printing and office machinery.
• Class 19:- Stationery and office equipment, artists' and teaching materials.
• Class 20:- Sales and advertising equipment.
• Class 21:- Games, toys, tents and sports goods.
• Class 22:- Arms, pyrotechnic articles, articles for hunting, fishing and pest killing.
• Class 23:- Fluid distribution equipment, sanitary, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment, solid fuel.
• Class 24:- Medical and laboratory equipment.
• Class 25:- Building units and construction elements.
• Class 26:- Lighting apparatus.
• Class 27:- Tobacco and smokers' suppliers.
• Class 28:- Pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, toilet and apparatus.
• Class 29:- Devices and equipment against fire hazards for accident prevention and for rescue.
• Class 30:- Articles for the care and handling of animals.
• Class 31:- Machines and appliances for preparing food or drink not elsewhere specified
• Class 99:- Miscellaneous

• The design should be new or original, not previously published or used in any country before the date of application for registration. The novelty may reside in the application of a known shape or pattern to new subject matter.
• The design should relate to features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornamentation applied or applicable to an article. The design should be applied or applicable to any article by any industrial process.
• The features of the design in the finished article should appeal to and are judged solely by the eye. This implies that the design must appear and should be visible on the finished article, for which it is meant.
• Any mode or principle of construction or operation or any thing which is in substance a mere mechanical device, would not be a registrable design. For instance a key having its novelty only in the shape of its corrugation or bent at the portion intended to engage with levers inside the lock associated with, cannot be registered as a design under the Act.
• The design should not include any Trade Mark or property mark or artistic works as defined under the Copyright Act, 1957.

Designs that are primarily literary or artistic character are not protected under the Designs Act. These will include :

• books, calendars, certificates, forms-and other documents, dressmaking patterns, greeting cards, leaflets, maps and plan cards, postcards, stamps, medals.
• labels, tokens, cards, cartoons.
• any principle or mode of construction of an article.
• mere mechanical contrivance.
• buildings and structures.
• parts of articles not manufactured and sold separately.
• variations commonly used in the trade.
• mere workshop alterations of components of an assembly.
• mere change in size of article.
• flags, emblems or signs of any country.
• layout designs of integrated circuits.

A representation sheet of an article is an important document required to be filed alongwith the application for registration.

• The representation sheet of an article needs to be prepared diligently and shall be filed along with the application. The Designs Rules require that four copies of the representation shall be filed along with the application. However, as the records are digitised and processed electronically, two copies of the representation will suffice.
• Representation means the exact representation of the article for which registration is sought. A representation may contain more than one page.
• Representation shall be exactly similar drawings, photographs, and tracings including computer graphics or specimens of the design. The Controller may require a specimen of the article to be submitted at the time of examination, in rare cases.
• Photographs should be pasted on the representation sheets with the help of adhesive and not by other means like stapler, pin and cello tape. While using photographs in representation sheets, one of the copies of representation sheet shall not be covered by cellophane or tracing paper so as to enable digitisation.
• Representation shall be prepared on white A4 size paper (210 mm X 296.9 mm) of durable quality, but not on card board, and only on one side of the paper.
• The figure(s) shall be placed in an upright position on the sheet. Each figure shall be designated clearly (e.g. perspective view, front view, side view). If design is to be applied to a set, the representation shall depict various arrangements in which the design is to be applied to articles in the set.
• Where an application is for a design as applied to a set, whether the given articles constitute a set or not, shall be determined by the Controller.
• In case, name or representation of living persons appear on a design, consent of such persons may be submitted along with the application. In case of a deceased person, the consent of legal representative may be submitted. It may be noted that non submission of such consent may result in office objections and resultant delay in registration. In case, the representation contains the image or name of an imaginary person, such fact may be mentioned in the declaration on the representation sheet.
• A statement of novelty and disclaimer (if any) in respect of mechanical action, trademark, word, letter, numerals should be endorsed on each representation sheet.
• Representation, which consists of a repeating surface pattern, shall show the complete pattern, and a sufficient portion of the repeating pattern in length and width, and shall not be less than 15.00 centimeters by 10.00 centimeters in size.
• The name of applicant shall be mentioned in left hand top corner of the representation sheet.
• Total number of sheets and sheet number shall be mentioned in the right hand top corner of the representation sheet in Arabic numerals. .
• The representation sheet shall be signed and dated by the applicant/agent.
• No descriptive matter or matter denoting the components by reference letters/numerals shall be included.
• No sectional views shall be incorporated in the representation sheet.
• Dimensions or engineering symbols etc. shall not be used in the representation sheet. The representation is not to be regarded as engineering drawing of the article. The relevant parameter is the shape and not the size of the article.
• Where Trade Marks, words, letters or numerals are not the essence of the design, they shall be removed from the representations or specimens. Where they are essence of the design, a disclaimer shall be given in the representation sheet disclaiming any right to their exclusive use.
• No extraneous matter or background shall appear in the representation sheet. A background is considered neutral as long as the design is clearly visible in it.
• When colour combination is the essence of a design as applied to an article, the same shall be clearly depicted in the representation.