🎯 The Global Design Race Nobody Talks About

🌟 Imagine you create a brilliant new design in India and launch it globally, but a competitor secretly files the same design in another country first. Who wins? This episode reveals the fascinating world of design priority dates and how they protect innovators worldwide!

💡 What You'll Discover:

• 🔍 The magical 6-month window that can save or destroy your global design rights
• ⚖️ How the Paris Convention creates a "design birthday" that works across countries
• 🎯 Why filing first doesn't always mean winning first
• 💎 The critical difference between novelty protection and damage claims

🚀 Key Legal Framework Discussed:

• 💎 Paris Convention - The international agreement that makes global design protection possible
• ⭐ Design Act 2000, Section 44 - India's specific rules for claiming priority rights
• 🏛️ Convention Country Filing Rules - How the first filing date becomes your global timestamp

🔥 Real-World Scenarios:

• 🎪 Applicant A files in UK (January 2021) then India (May 2021)
• ⚡ Applicant B files same design in India (February 2021) - who wins?
• 🎭 How priority dates create a "time freeze" for your innovation

🎙️ This episode transforms complex international IP law into simple, actionable strategies that every designer and business owner needs to know. Miss that 6-month deadline, and you might lose everything!