Article 13
Restoration
(1) Where the protection conferred by an industrial design has not been renewed owing
to circumstances beyond the control of the owner thereof, the owner or entitled persons may
apply for its restoration, against payment of the requisite renewal fee and of a surcharge the
amount of which shall be fixed by regulation, within a period of six months from the date on
which the said circumstances ceased to exist, and at the latest within a period of one year from
the date on which renewal was due.
(2) The application for restoration of the above-mentioned industrial design, together
with documents proving payment of the fee and surcharge mentioned in paragraph (1) above,
shall be sent to the Organization and shall contain a statement of the grounds on which the
owner or the entitled persons consider the restoration justified.
(3) The Organization shall examine the grounds referred to above and shall either
restore the design or reject the application if it does not consider the grounds valid.
(4) Restoration shall not entail prolongation of the maximum duration of the industrial
design. Third parties who started to exploit the design after the registration thereof expired
shall have the right to continue such exploitation.
(5) Restored designs shall be published by the Organization in the form prescribed by
the Implementing Regulations relating to this Annex.
(6) An appeal from the rejection decision following the application for restoration shall
lie to the High Commission of Appeal within a period of 30 days following notification of the
said decision.
(7) Paragraphs (1) to (6) shall be applicable where the application for registration of the
design has not been filed within the time limits set by international treaties.
Article 14
Communication of Application Documents
(1) The descriptions, drawings and photographs of registered industrial designs shall be
kept by the Organization which, after the publication provided for in Article 15 below, shall
communicate them on request. Specimens of industrial designs shall be kept by the
Organization for a period of eight years and may be examined by any interested person.
(2) After the publication referred to in paragraph (1) above, any person may obtain an
official copy of the said descriptions, drawings and photographs.
(3) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall apply to official copies
furnished by applicants seeking to avail themselves of the priority of an earlier filing and to
the documents authorizing certain such applicants to claim that priority.
(4) The applicant for registration wishing to avail himself abroad of the priority of his
filing before registration of the industrial design may obtain an official copy of his
application.
Article 15
Publication
(1) Where the Organization finds that the conditions referred to in Article 11 have been
met, it shall publish the following details for each industrial design registered:
(a) the number of the design;