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The Registered Designs Rules 1995

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PRELIMINARY

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Revocation

    4. 4.Forms

  3. DOCUMENTS

    1. 5.Size and presentation of documents

    2. 6.Signature of documents

    3. 7.Service of documents

  4. ADDRESS

    1. 8.Address for service

    2. 9.Failure to provide address for service

  5. AGENTS

    1. 10.Appointment of agents

    2. 11.Appointment of agent after start of proceedings

  6. APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION

    1. 12.Form for applications

    2. 13.Application for same design in respect of more than one article

    3. 14.Article to which design is applied

    4. 15.Statement of novelty on representations or specimens

    5. 16.Registration of same design in respect of other articles, etc.

  7. REPRESENTATIONS AND SPECIMENS

    1. 17.Supply of representations and specimens

    2. 18.Representations and specimens for sets of articles

    3. 19.Size and presentation of representations

    4. 20.Drawings or tracings

    5. 21.Replacement of specimens by representations

    6. 22.Words, letters or numerals

    7. 23.Repeating surface patterns

    8. 24.Use of portrait of a member of the Royal Family or armorial bearings, etc.

    9. 25.Use of portrait of living or recently dead person

  8. DESIGNS EXCLUDED FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 1(5)

    1. 26.Exclusion of designs to be applied to certain articles

  9. CONVENTION APPLICATIONS

    1. 27.Declarations

    2. 28.Copies and translations

  10. PROCEDURE ON RECEIPT OF APPLICATION

    1. 29.Statement of objections by registrar

    2. 30.Decision of registrar to be communicated in writing

    3. 31.Appeal from registrar’s decision

  11. CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION

    1. 32.Form of certificate

    2. 33.Copy of certificate

  12. NOVELTY OF DESIGNS

    1. 34.Deemed application date under section 3(4)

    2. 35.Industrial application of designs

  13. NON-COMPLETION

    1. 36.Time limits

  14. DEATH OF APPLICANT

    1. 37.Substitution

  15. EXTENSION OF DURATION OF RIGHT IN REGISTERED DESIGN

    1. 38.Extension for further periods of five years

    2. 39.Notice of expiry of the right in a registered design

    3. 40.Late extensions

    4. 41.Restoration of lapsed right in a design under section 8A

  16. REGISTRATION OF ASSIGNMENTS, ETC

    1. 42.Procedure for application for registration

    2. 43.Other transaction, event or document

    3. 44.Particulars to be provided

    4. 45.Cancellation of claim to be mortgagee or licensee

    5. 46.Alteration of name or address

  17. CORRECTION OF ERRORS

    1. 47.Request for correction

  18. DISCRETIONARY POWER

    1. 48.Exercise of discretionary powers of registrar

  19. DISPENSATION BY REGISTRAR

    1. 49.Registrar’s power to dispense from Rules

  20. AMENDMENTS

    1. 50.Registrar’s power to allow amendments and rectify irregularities in procedure

  21. EXTENSION OF TIME

    1. 51.Registrar’s power to extend times prescribed by Rules

  22. APPLICATIONS FOR COMPULSORY LICENCE UNDER SECTION 10 OR CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION OF DESIGN UNDER SECTION 11(2) OR (3)

    1. 52.Procedure for application

    2. 53.Opposition by registered proprietor

    3. 54.Evidence of applicant

    4. 55.Evidence of registered proprietor and evidence in reply

    5. 56.Prohibition on further evidence

    6. 57.Procedure for hearing

  23. CANCELLATION UNDER SECTION 11(1)

    1. 58.Request for cancellation

  24. LICENCES OF RIGHT

    1. 59.Application to settle terms of licence of right

  25. COSTS

    1. 60.Costs of proceedings

    2. 61.Security for costs

  26. EVIDENCE BEFORE REGISTRAR

    1. 62.Evidence

    2. 63.Form and content of statutory declaration or affidavit

    3. 64.Making and subscription of statutory declaration or affidavit

    4. 65.Registrar’s power to require documents, information or evidence

  27. ADVISERS

    1. 66.Registrar’s power to appoint advisers

  28. INSPECTION OF REGISTER AND DOCUMENTS

    1. 67.Inspection by public

    2. 68.Direction by registrar under section 5(1)

    3. 69.Prohibition on inspection under section 22(2)

  29. SEARCHES

    1. 70.Procedure when registration number known

    2. 71.Procedure when registration number unknown or general search

  30. CERTIFICATES AND COPIES SUPPLIED BY REGISTRAR

    1. 72.Certificates supplied by registrar

    2. 73.Copies supplied by registrar

  31. HOURS OF BUSINESS AND EXCLUDED DAYS

    1. 74.Hours of business

    2. 75.Excluded days

    3. 76.Calculation of times or periods

  32. ORDERS OF THE COURT

    1. 77.Service of application on registrar

    2. 78.Filing of order with registrar

  33. Signature

  34. SCHEDULES

    1. Schedule 1

      —General forms.

    2. Schedule 2

      —Form of certificate of registration of design.

  35. Explanatory Note

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