🎨 The Designer's Dilemma That Changes Everything

🌟 Picture this: Two talented designers create amazing products. One hesitates to register thinking copyright is enough. Another registers but forgets to renew. Both discover competitors copying their designs. Who has stronger legal protection? The answer might surprise you!

💡 What You'll Discover:

• 🔍 Why registered designs get 10+5 years of bulletproof protection with ₹50,000 penalties
• ⚖️ The dangerous "gap period" when lapsed registrations leave you helpless
• 🎯 The mysterious "50-copy rule" that kills copyright protection overnight
• ⭐ How Design Act 2000 and Copyright Act 1957 create a protection hierarchy

🚀 Real Cases Discussed:

• 💎 Vega Auto Accessories vs. S K Jain Brothers Helmet - Delhi High Court's instant injunction ruling
• ⭐ Section 15-2 Copyright Act - The 50-copy rule that catches designers off-guard

🛡️ The Three-Tier Protection System:

• 🥇 Registered Designs: Maximum power with exclusive rights and court remedies
• 🥈 Lapsed Registrations: Can be restored but lose protection during gap period
• 🥉 Unregistered Designs: Temporary copyright that vanishes after 50 industrial copies

🎙️ By the end, you'll understand why smart designers never leave protection to chance - and the costly mistakes that can destroy years of creative work in an instant!