The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, in collaboration with the European Union Intellectual Property Office, is hosting an IP Manthan session on design filing and examination in the EU and India.
Date: 26 February 2026
Time: 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM (IST)
Mode: Virtual (Webex)
The session is structured around key aspects of design protection across the two jurisdictions, including the comparative framework for protection, filing procedures and formal requirements, examination practices, and the exchange of institutional approaches.
Design law often appears procedural on the surface, but much turns on how formal requirements and examination standards are applied in practice. Differences in approach across offices can materially influence both filing strategy and enforcement outcomes.
A comparative discussion of this nature offers a clearer view of how these systems operate, and where they align or diverge.
Open to practitioners, industry, start-ups, academicians, and students. Registration is required, with access shared to registered participants.
