Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Proposes Amendments to Designs Act to Align with Global Best Practices

• DPIIT (Ministry of Commerce & Industry) released a Concept Note proposing amendments to the Designs Act, 2000 to modernise India's industrial design protection regime.
• The Note also proposes India's accession to two WIPO instruments: the Riyadh Design Law Treaty (DLT) and the Hague Agreement on International Registration of Industrial Designs.
• Aligned with the PM's vision of "Design in India, Design for the World"; significant for GS-II (Governance/IPR policy) and GS-III (IPR, economy, innovation).