Update Ownership on the Design Register

It isn't required for the transfer to be valid between the parties, but recording it is important for the new owner to be recognised and to protect their position against third parties.

Yes, both pending applications and registered designs can be assigned.

INDECOPI requires documentary evidence of the transfer, such as a signed assignment agreement.

Yes, we regularly coordinate Peruvian recordals alongside assignments of corresponding designs in other jurisdictions.

No — assignment has no effect on the design's fixed 10-year term, which runs from the original filing date regardless of ownership changes.

Yes, and in that case the merger documentation together with proof of the corporate change is generally used to support the recordal, similar to a standalone assignment.

There's no strict statutory deadline, but prompt recording is recommended since an unrecorded assignment may not bind third parties who rely on INDECOPI's register.

There's an official INDECOPI fee per design recorded, plus our professional fee for preparing the recordal — we quote both before starting.

If the design was created under an employment or commission agreement that already vests rights in the employer, a separate consent generally isn't needed for the employer's own assignment.

No, the assignment transfers ownership only; the design's non-renewable 10-year term runs from the original filing date regardless of any later assignment.