Section 4
Registered Designs
This table shows the number of registered designs submitted to ERA 2015 for the reference period. For ERA 2015, the reference period for registered designs was 1 January 2011–31 December 2013.
A registered design is a right granted for new and distinctive designs. Once a registered design has been examined and certified, the owner has an exclusive right to use, license and/or sell the registered design, and to enforce it against an infringer.
Only eligible disciplines in 08 Information and Computing Sciences, 10 Technology, 12 Built Environment and Design, and 19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing submitted registered designs to ERA 2015.