Industrial Designs

An industrial design is the ornamental or aesthetic qualities of a product. It is the appearance of a product, therefore the specific features or lines or contours, colours or shape or materials of a product or the ornamentation given to it. In short it is decorative as opposed to functional and it must appeal to the eye.

You can apply for registration or restoration of an Industrial Design in Belize by filing the required form No. 1, 2, 3 and 3A (Click Industrial Design Forms).

You may want to register your design outside of Belize, to obtain protection in other countries. The Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs provides a centralized registration system where you can e-file up to 100 designs and target over 92 territories in one single application that you could use to claim priority on in further filings.

Any individual or business in Belize can file an international application under the Hague System. For more information on filing an international application, geographical coverage and fees, and to get started, please go to www.wipo.int/hague/en.