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No. 22 of 2016]
Revocation
of
compulsory
licence
Registration
of
compulsory
licence
Industrial Design
83. The Registrar may on the application of an interested
person, or on the Registrar’s own motion, revoke a compulsory
licence on any of the following grounds:
(a) that the licensee has failed to comply with the terms of
the licence;
(b) that the conditions which justified the grant of the licence
have ceased to exist and are unlikely to recur,
(c) that the interests of the licensee have been adequately
protected;
(d) that the licensee has failed, within twentyfour months from
the grant of the licence, to take the necessary steps to
work the design to satisfy the reason for the grant of a
compulsory licence; or
(e) that the proprietor has granted the licensee a licence
contract on more favourable terms.
84. The Registrar shall enter in the Register, a grant of a
compulsory licence, the terms and conditions of the licence, variation
of the terms and conditions of the licence, and revocation of the
licence.
PART XIV
EXPLOITATION OF REGISTERED DESIGN BY GOVERNMENT
Use of
registered
design by
Government
85. Where the Government requires, for purposes of public
health, the environment or national emergency, that a registered
design be exploited, for non-commercial purposes, by the
Government or an authorised person, the Minister may, with or
without the consent of the proprietor, authorise in a prescribed
manner, the exploitation of the registered design.
Notification
of
proprietor
by
Government
86. (1) Where the Government or an authorised person knows,
without conducting a search that it is using or will be using a
registered design for purposes, referred to in section eighty-five
the Minister shall, as soon as it is practicable, notify the proprietor
of the use or the intended use of the registered design.
(2) A proprietor who is aggrieved by the decision of the
Minister in accordance with this section may, within three months
of the decision, appeal to the court.
Extent,
duration and
limitation of
use of
registered
design
87. (1) The extent and duration of the use of a registered
design, by the Government or an authorised person, shall be limited
to the purposes referred to in section eighty-five.