Industrial Designs Order, 1999 · As enacted · Part II · Registration of Industrial Designs
Section 9
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Subject to this Order, an industrial design which is new may, upon application by the person claiming to be the owner, be registered in respect of any article or set of articles specified in the application.
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
An industrial design for which an application for registration is made shall not be regarded as new if it is the same as-
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;
{a} an industrial design that has been registered in pursuance of a prior application filed or having effect in Brunei
Darussalam, whether or not that industrial design has been registered in respect of the same article for which the application is made or in respect of any other article; or
Darussalam or elsewhere before the filing date, whether or not it has been published in respect of the same article for which the application is made or in respect of any other article, or if it differs from such an industrial design only in immaterial details or in features which are variants commonly used in the trade.
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;
The Registrar may, in such cases as may be prescribed, direct that for the ·purpose of deciding whether an industrial design is new an application for registration shall be treated as made on a date earlier or later than that on which it was in fact made.
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
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Use by Government of Industrial Designs
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