Industrial Designs Order, 1999 · As enacted · Part II · Registration of Industrial Designs
29. (1)
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The initial period of registration of an industrial design is five years beginning on the filing date of the application for registration.
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
The period of registration of an industrial design may be extended for additional periods of five years each but the total period of registration may not exceed fifteen years beginning on the filing date of the application for registration.
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;
14) If the renewal fee is not paid in accordance with subsection
, the registration of the industrial design shall cease to have effect at the end of the current period of registration.
If, during the period of six months immediately following the end of the period specified in subsection (4). the renewal fee and any prescribed additional fee are paid, the registration of the industrial design shall be treated as if it had never ceased to have effect and accordingly -
{a) anything done under or in relation to any rights in or under the industrial design by or with the consent of the owner during that period shall be deemed to be valid;
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{b) any act which would have constituted an infringement of the industrial design if the registration had not ceased to have effect shall be deemed to constitute such an infringement; and
{c) any act which would have constituted Government use of the industrial design if the registration had not ceased to have effect shall be deemed to constitute Govern~ent use.
Surrender of by the registered owner in respect of all or any of the articles for registration.
which the industrial design is registered.
Provision may be made by rules -
{a)
as to the manner and effect of a surrender; and
{b) for protecting the interest of other persons having a right in the industrial design.
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;
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
Part III
Part IV
Use by Government of Industrial Designs
Part VI