🎨 The International Design War That Changed Everything

🌟 Picture this: A massive international tech company sues a local Indian manufacturer for copying their gadget design. But here's the twist - the local company fires back saying "Your design was already public in other countries before you registered it in India!" Who wins this legal battle?

💡 What You'll Discover:

• 🔍 Why "absolute novelty" means your design must be original everywhere in the world, not just locally
• ⚖️ How even showing your design to one trusted person can destroy your patent rights
• 🎯 Why tiny changes to existing designs won't protect you from legal trouble
• 🌍 The global evidence hunt that can make or break a design patent case

🚀 Real Cases Discussed:

• 💎 Wimco Limited vs. Meena Match Industries - When showing designs in confidence still counts as publication
• ⭐ MS Crocs Inc USA vs. MS Liberty Shoes Limited - Why Crocs lost their design registration in Delhi High Court
• 🏛️ Tarun Sethi vs. Vikas Buddhi Raja - The case that defined what "sufficient novelty" really means

🎙️ This episode reveals the four critical rules every designer must know before filing for protection - and how AI and viral digital art are making originality harder to prove than ever!