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Kavya Ceramics holds a registered design for a teapot. After the initial term of ten years, it wants to extend protection. What is the correct position under the Designs Act, 2000?

Protection can be extended once by five years if the application and fee are filed before the initial ten-year term ends, so the maximum life of a registered design is fifteen years. It cannot be renewed indefinitely.

  1. AThe registration can be extended by five years on application and fee before the initial term expires, giving a maximum of fifteen yearsCorrect
  2. BThe registration can be renewed every ten years without limit
  3. CThe registration cannot be extended at all after ten years
  4. DThe registration can be extended by ten years, giving twenty years in total

Explanation

Copyright in a registered design subsists for ten years from the date of registration and may be extended for a further period of five years on an application with the prescribed fee made before the initial period expires. The total maximum is fifteen years. Unlimited ten-year renewals or a twenty-year total are incorrect.

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