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Design Opposition support from our Design team, handled end-to-end as part of our Intellectual Property practice.
Cancellation petitions can be filed at any time during the validity of the design registration. The proceeding typically takes 12 to 18 months from filing to final order, depending on the evidence stage and hearing schedule.
We make legal and intellectual property filings seamless, secure, and fully transparent. Here is how we handle your assignment from start to finish:
Understand your goals, check eligibility, and draft the filing roadmap.
Collect required records and conduct compliance checks for errors.
Draft and submit applications to the registry within 48 business hours.
Monitor application progress and respond to office actions/objections.
Handover certified registrations and provide post-filing support.
Any person can file a petition for cancellation of a registered design before the Controller of Designs. There is no requirement to demonstrate commercial interest — any person may challenge the registration on the prescribed grounds.
Grounds for cancellation include: the design was previously published in India or elsewhere, the design is not new or original, the design is not registrable under the Designs Act (e.g., it is primarily functional), or the registration was obtained fraudulently.
India does not have a formal pre-registration opposition procedure for designs like it does for trademarks. The primary mechanism to challenge a design is through a Cancellation Petition filed after registration. The term 'opposition' in design context typically refers to this cancellation procedure.