Industrial Designs Order, 1999 · As enacted · Part II · Registration of Industrial Designs
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Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
An application for registration of an industrial design shall be flied with the Registrar in the prescribed manner.
application for registration
"application for registration" means an application for registration of an industrial design made under section 15; 61 29th. JANUARY, 2000 11article 11 means any article of manufacture and includes any part of an article if that part is made and sold separately;
The application shall include fa) a request for registration of the industrial design;
industrial design
"industrial design" means features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament applied to an article by any industrial process, being features which in the finished article appeal to and are judged by the eye, but does not include - fa} a method or principle of construction; or [i) are dictated solely by the function which the article has to perform; or
{c) a statement that the industrial design is new;
{d) the name and address of the applicant;
{e) where the applicant is not the designer, a statement explaining the applicant's rights in relation to the industrial design;
designer
"designer", in relation to an industrial design, means the person who creates it or, if there are two or more such persons, each of those persons;
{f) an address in Brunei Darussalam for service of documents; and
{g) such other information, documents or matter as may be required by the rules.
The application may include such other information, documents or matter as may be authorised by the rules.
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The application shall be accompanied by the prescribed filing fee.
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Applications for registration.
Filing date.
filing date
"filing date", in relation to an application for registration, means the date determined under section 16 as the filing date of the application;
Every application for an industrial design shall be examined on filing to determine whether
{a) the prescribed filing fee has been paid; and
{b)
the application has satisfied the requirements of section 16 for the accordance of a filing date.
'I\vo or more industrial designs may be the subject of the same application for registration if the industrial designs -
{a)
relate to the same prescribed class of industrial designs or to the same set of articles; and
{b) comply with any prescribed conditions.
Terms defined in s 2
application for registration
Defined · s 2"application for registration" means an application for registration of an industrial design made under section 15; 61 29th. JANUARY, 2000 11article 11 means any article of manufacture and includes any part of an article if that part is made and sold separately;
designer
Defined · s 2"designer", in relation to an industrial design, means the person who creates it or, if there are two or more such persons, each of those persons;
filing date
Defined · s 2"filing date", in relation to an application for registration, means the date determined under section 16 as the filing date of the application;
industrial design
Defined · s 2"industrial design" means features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament applied to an article by any industrial process, being features which in the finished article appeal to and are judged by the eye, but does not include - fa} a method or principle of construction; or [i) are dictated solely by the function which the article has to perform; or
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Use by Government of Industrial Designs
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