2909.01 Official Form for the Application for International Registration [R-07.2022]

The international design application must be presented on the “official form.” Pursuant to Hague Agreement Rule 1(vi), “official form” means a form established by the International Bureau or an electronic interface made available by the International Bureau on the website of the Organization, or any form or electronic interface having the same contents and format. The form established by the International Bureau for filing an international design application is the form DM/1, “Application for International Registration”. The DM/1 form and instructions for completing the form are currently available on the website of the International Bureau at www.wipo.int/hague/en/forms/. The electronic interface of the International Bureau’s electronic filing system, eHague, has the same contents and format as the DM/1 form.

Proper usage of the DM/1 form will help ensure that the mandatory, additional mandatory and optional content items for an international design application are present upon filing. Detailed instructions for completing the form are set forth in the section “How to Submit an International Application to the International Bureau” of the Hague Guide for Users available on WIPO’s website at www.wipo.int/hague/en/guide/ia.html. Form DM/1 includes specific spaces to set forth: (1) information concerning the applicant; (2) applicant’s entitlement to file an international design application; (3) applicant’s contracting party; (4) a correspondence address for the International Bureau where there are multiple applicants and no appointed representative; (5) appointment of a representative; (6) the number of industrial designs and reproductions included in the application; (7) designated Contracting Parties; (8) the applicable product and Locarno classification (MPEP § 907); (9) a description; (10) a description of the reproductions; (11) the identity of the creator; (12) a claim; (13) priority claim; (14) information regarding any international exhibition where any of the designs was shown; (15) exception to lack of novelty; (16) relation with a principle design; (17) a request for immediate or deferred publication; (18) reduction of the individual designation fee; and (19) the signature of the applicant or the applicant’s representative. The DM/1 form also includes a “Payment of Fees” section that allows the applicant to identity the method of payment and to instruct the International Bureau to debit the required fees to a current account established with the International Bureau.