Industrial Designs Rules, 2000

In these Rules -

"Locarno Agreement" means the Locarno Agreement

Establishing an International Classification for Industrial

Designs, signed at Locarno on the 8th. October, 1968, as amended;

"statement of novelty" means a statement in accordance with rule 8;

"textile article" means textile and plastics piece goods, handkerchiefs, shawls and such other classes of articles of a similar character as the Registrar may decide 1 for which the protection under the Order is limited to features of pattern and ornament only.

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Any reference in these Rules -

{a}

to a prescribed form shall be construed as a reference

Citation and commence·

ment.

Interpretation.

to the relevant form set out in the First Schedule;