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DESIGN REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

• The full name, address and nationality of each applicant.
  
  
• A power of attorney duly signed by each applicant or by an authorized person of each applicant.
  
  
• Seven copies of the representation (drawings or photographs showing different views of the article).
  
  
• Design applications must be filed in a particular class - depending upon the predominant material with which the article is made or is capable of being made. If an article is made or is capable of being made from materials falling in different classes and to obtain comprehensive protection, it is advisable to register the design to protect all the possible classes of materials. For example, if an article which is made of plastic, but is capable of being made of metals, then it is advisable to file two application one under class 3 and the other under class 1 for the same design.

Classification of goods is given below:

Class 1	Foodstuffs
Class 2	Articles of clothing and haberdashery
Class 3	Travel goods, cases, parasols and personal belongings, not elsewhere specified
Class 4	Brushware
Class 5	Textile piecegoods, artificial and natural sheet material
Class 6	Furnishing
Class 7	Household goods, not elsewhere specified
Class 8	Tools and 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, signs
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' supplies
Class 28	Pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, toilet articles 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