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🎨 Design Registration Service
Protecting product, graphic, and digital designs for up to 25 years
Design is the face of a company. Registered design rights maximize brand value.
From physical products to digital UI — comprehensive design protection.
What Is a Design Right — A 25-Year Exclusive Right
A design right grants exclusive use of the appearance (shape, pattern, color) of articles, buildings, and digital images. The right lasts up to 25 years from the filing date, allowing you to exclude imitations. The 2020 amendment expanded protection to buildings, interiors, and screen designs, dramatically broadening coverage.
What a Design Right Can Protect
Why Choose EVORIX
🎨 1. Strategic Use of Multiple Design Categories
We combine partial designs, related designs, sets of articles, and secret designs to protect the design as a 'sphere' rather than a single 'point.' We capture the essential features of the design and craft strong, hard-to-design-around scope.
🖼 2. Drawing Preparation & Filing
In design applications, drawings define the scope. From 3D CAD or photographs we prepare six-view orthographic and perspective drawings that meet JPO formality requirements while accurately conveying the design's distinctive features.
📲 3. Image Designs & GUI Designs
We have extensive experience filing 'image designs' (GUIs, icons, animations) introduced by the 2020 amendment — ideal for SaaS, mobile apps, and web services seeking UI protection.
🌐 4. Hague Agreement International Filings
For protection abroad, the Hague Agreement enables a single international design filing covering multiple member countries, reducing cost and procedural overhead. → Learn about Hague Agreement filings
🛡 5. Refusal & Invalidation Handling
We handle responses to refusals (e.g., novelty, similarity, design creativity issues) and invalidation actions through to favorable resolution.
Service Process
Free consultation & intake
We discuss the design, target articles, and protection scope.
Similar design search
We assess novelty and creativity against prior designs.
Drawing preparation & strategy
We design the protection scope (partial / related / set design strategy).
Filing with the JPO
Filed via the electronic filing system on the same day.
Office action response (if any)
We respond to refusals based on novelty or design creativity.
Registration & renewal management
We manage annuity payments and maintenance for up to 25 years.
Related Services
Combining design with patents and trademarks creates the strongest "IP mix" protection.
- Hague International Design Filing
- Patent Filing — Protect functional innovations
- Trademark Registration — Protect brand names and logos
Free Initial Consultation
"Should we file a design or a patent for this product?" "Can our app's GUI be registered as a design?" "We need protection in multiple countries — what's the best path?" — Bring us your questions.
The first consultation is free. We propose the optimal design protection strategy for your product portfolio. Reach us by phone (+81-6-7777-1884) or via the inquiry form.
Make every design a competitive asset — protected by registered rights.
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