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29. (1) Any person who wishes to inspect the representations, drawings
and specimens of a registered design in terms of section 58 of the Act, shall pay
the fee set out in Second Schedule.
(2) Any person who wishes to make a copy of the representations, drawings
and specimens of a registered design or any other documents of a registered
designed shall pay the applicable fee set out in the Second Schedule.
Inspection
of registered
design
PART V — Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
30. Subject to section 66 of the Act, an application for the registration of a
layout design shall —
(a) be made in Form 9 set out in First Schedule;
(b) be signed by the applicant or applicants; and
(c) be accompanied by the fee set out in the Second Schedule.
31. (1) Upon receipt of an application for the registration of a layout design
under regulation 30, the Registrar shall mark, on each document making up the
application, the actual date of receipt and the application number consisting of
the letters BW, slant, the letter L, slant, the four-digit numbers of the year in
which the initial papers were received, slant, and a five-digit number allocated
in the sequential order in which applications are received and where any
corrections or other documents are later filed on different dates.
(2) The Registrar shall mark the actual dates of receipt for any documents
which are later filed with him or her or for which any corrections were made in
the appropriate place of the application for the grant of a layout design.
(3) The application number allocated under subregulation (1) shall be
quoted in all subsequent communications concerning the application.
32. (1) A drawing forming part of the application for the registration of a
layout design shall be of a size not exceeding 20 centimetres x 20 centimetres
x 20 centimetres.
(2) A graphic representation, drawing of the layout design shall not exceed
10 centimetres x 20 centimetres, and such representations, drawings shall be
affixed on four sheets of cardboard of A4 size.
(3) A drawing forming part of the application for the registration of a layout
design shall be in black ink.
33. (1) Subject to subregulation (2), where the application meets all the
requirements of section 66 of the Act, the Registrar shall register the layout
design and issue to the applicant a certificate of registration in Form 10 set out
in the First Schedule.
(2) The Registrar shall notify the applicant, in writing, of his or her decision
to register the application and shall request the application to pay the registration
and publication fee set out in the Second Schedule within one month from the
date of notification.
(3) The Registrar shall allocate to each layout design he or she registers, the
same number as the number allocated under regulation 31.
(4) The registration of a layout design shall include a representation of the
layout design and shall specify —
(a) the number of the layout design;
(b) the name and address of the registered owner;
(c) the name and address of the agent, if any;
Application
for registration
of a layout
design
Marking of
application
for registration
of a layout
design
Size of drawings and representations
Registration of
layout design
and issuance
of
certificate