Process of design registration:
1. If deferred publication is requested (up to a period of 6 months).
2. Whether the design was made public (i.e. marketed or advertised) in Israel or anywhere in the world during the 12-month period prior to the relevant date (i.e. the filing date of the Israeli design application, unless the Israeli design application claims priority in which case the filing date of design application from which priority is claimed is the relevant date) by the proprietor of the design, or as a result of information originating in the proprietor of the design. “Previously made public” means that the design was accessible to the public or that it was presented to the public such that there was no obligation to keep it secret. Please note that a publication on an internet site that is accessible from Israel may be considered as a publication in Israel.
3. Whether the ownership is by virtue of being the designer, by virtue of an assignment or by virtue of law; and
4. Classification of the design according to the Locarno classification
Required Documents:
1. Name, address and nationality of the applicant(s) and the designer(s); Title of the design.
2. Compatibility of Drawings, according to the Israel Patents Office:
a. Each drawing should be in the form of .JPEG, 300dpi, max. size of 4MB, A4 placed vertically.
b. Each drawing should note the description of the view (right side view/ left side view/ top view / bottom view, front view, rear view, perspective view) and the order number of the drawing out of the total number of drawings (e.g. 1/7, 2/7, 3/7 etc.).
c. The drawings should not include shading.
3. Power of Attorney executed by the applicant/ a competent officer of the applicant, in case it is a company. The Power of Attorney can be filed within three months from the date of filing the application. However, it is recommended that it should be filed during the filing of the application, in order to avoid the issuance of a notice of defects and costs involved in separate filing.
4. If the design application claims priority:
a. The number of the design application from which priority is claimed, the country in which the design application from which priority is claimed was filed, and the date of its filing.
b. A certified copy of the priority document or its DAS Code for retrieval. The priority
document must be submitted during the filing of the application, or no later than 2 months from the filing date. However, it should be noted that the late filing of the said document will incur costs.
Time Frame:
Time frame from filing up to registration is around 12-18 months in normal course of events.
Validity: The validity of a design in Israel is 25 years from the filing date of the application and renewals are due every 5 years from the filing date.
Multiple Designs:
Whilst it is not prohibited in Israel to file a design application comprising a number of designs, the Israel Patent Office will issue a restriction requirement with respect to such application before attending to its examination. In response to such requirement, there will be a need to withdraw from the applications all but one design, and if it is desired to protect the withdrawn designs, divisional applications thereof will have to be filed simultaneously or prior to filing a response to the restriction requirement.