LAWS OF MALAWI
Registered Designs
Registered Designs Regulations
Registered Designs
Cap. 49:05
[Subsidiary]
PART II
PROCEDURE ON RECEIPT OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION
OF A DESIGN AND EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF OPYRIGHT
12.
13.
14.
If the Registrar objects to an application for the registration of a design, he shall inform the
applicant of his objections in writing, and unless within two months the applicant applies for a
hearing or makes a considered reply in writing to those objections he shall be deemed to have
withdrawn his application.
If the applicant applies for a hearing, the decision of the Registrar at such hearing shall be
communicated to the applicant in writing.
Registrar’s
objections
Decision of
Registrar
If the applicant desires to appeal from the Registrar’s decision, he shall within one month from
the date of the decision apply to the Registrar in form No. 5, requesting him to state in writing the
grounds of, and the materials used by him in arriving at, his decision, Upon receipt of such
application the Registrar shall send to the applicant such statement as aforesaid in writing, and the
date when such statement is sent shall be deemed to be the date of the Registrar’s decision for the
Procedure on appeal
purpose of an appeal.
from decision of Registrar
15.
16.
The certificate or registration of a design shall be in form No. 6, No. 7, or No. 9, whichever is
applicable, and may be modified as directed by the Registrar.
The time prescribed for the purposes of section 9(4), which relates to non-completion of an
application, shall be twelve months from the date of the application:
Certificate of
registration
Non-completion
Provided that the application may be completed at any time after twelve months but within fifteen
months of the date aforesaid, if a request for an extension of time is made in form No. 10 bearing
the prescribed fee.
17.
18.
In case of the death of any applicant for the registration of a design after the date of his
application, and before registration of the design has been effected, the Registrar may, on being
satisfied of the applicant’s death, enter in the register, in place of the name, address and
nationality of such deceased applicant, the name, address and nationality of the person owning
the design on such ownership being proved to the satisfaction of the Registrar.
(1) An application for extension of the period of copyright for a second period of five years shall
be made in form No. 11, and an application for extension of the period of copyright for a third
period of five years shall be made in form No. 12.
(2)
An application for extension of the period of copyright in a design registered by virtue of
section 10 shall be made before the expiration of the period of copyright in the original
registered design current at the date of lodging the application under section 10.
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Death of applicant
Convention
applications