Grant & Usage of India Design Mark
- Entries, which are qualified at the stage 2 of the India Design Mark process, are granted the India Design Mark for further usage
- An applicant can start using the India Design Mark recognition immediately after the official announcement on India Design Mark website
- Annual usage fee is payable for usage of India Design Mark as a label on the products getting the India Design Mark recognition
- India Design Mark usage fee is waived off for the first year to encourage the India Design Mark recipients to use the India Design Mark label on their products
- To use India Design Mark beyond this period the India Design Mark recognition holder will have to make anindependent application in the prescribed format
- The prescribed format is available for download on the India Design Mark website
- The India Design Mark secretariat will review the application and send an invoice to the applicant
- On receipt of the payment, the India Design Mark secretariat will send the India Design Mark usage permission certificate