Design Registration Afghanistan

Design registration in Afghanistan

Please note that design law has not come into force in Afghanistan till date, but it is expected in the near future. Unfortunately, there is a legal vacuum in this field at present and hence, as a remedy for this legal vacuum, you publish a Cautionary Notice in one of the leading local Newspapers in respect of the ownership of your design.

A cautionary notice is considered as a tool to make public/consumer aware about the ownership of the designand to be aware of any infringer or counterfeiter. Further, the said Cautionary Notice could be a base for claiming priority right in future when the design law comes into force in the country. For that reason, the publication should be in detail and not in a short form. There are no specific requirements for publication of Cautionary Notices in Afghanistan, however the basic information needed are as follows:

Full name and address of the applicant(s); Full name and address of the inventor(s); Specification of the design; drawings of the design; claims; Abstract.