Any combination of lines and colours or both and any three – dimensional form whether or not associated with colours, if it is intended by the creator to be used as a model or pattern to be multiplied by industrial process and is not intended solely to obtain technical result.

The Procedure for Design Applications:

• Written request with applicants full name and address.
• A specimen of the design.
• An indication of the kind of product for which the design will be used.
• A declaration.
• Signed Power of Attorney.
• Payment of prescribed fee.
• Other matters as may be required by the Registrar.

Subsequently the Design application is subjected to an examination process conducted by the Registrar of Designs.

Grant of Design:
Once satisfied that the Design application is in conformity with all requirements the registration Certificate is issued, which states:

• The relevant number.
• Name and domicile of the registered owner.
• Dates of the design application and grant.
• Number and date of application where priority is claimed.
• Reproduction or representation of the design and an indication of the kind or class of products for which it will be used.
• Copy of specifications and a copy of relevant drawings and plans if any.
  

Rights Conferred by the Grant:
The right to preclude any other from doing the following:

1. Reproducing the design in the manufacture of a product.
2. Importing, selling or utilizing for commercial purposes a product reproducing the design.
3. Holding such a product for the purpose of selling it or of utilizing it for commercial purpose.

GRF DESIGN SERVICES

• Conducting searches.
• Filing and prosecuting of Design applications.
• Oppositions.
• Attending to recording of Assignment, Merger, Change of Name or Address.
• Attending to licensing and recordals.
• Undertaking and payment of renewals.
• Watching services.
• Litigation support and general advisory.
  

G.R.F. Patent services apply to the following regional schemes.
OAPI (African Intellectual Property Organization): Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo.