16. The application for registration of an industrial design who wishes to
benefit from priority of an earlier application filed in another country shall
be required to attach to his application a written statement indicating the
date and number of the earlier application, the country in which it was
filed and the name of the applicant, and he shall forward, a period of three
months from the date of the later application, a copy of the earlier
application certified as being correct by the responsible authority in the
country where such application was filed.
17. An application for registration of an industrial design, shall not be
accepted except after payment of such fees as may be prescribed in
accordance with the rules.
18. (1) The Industrial Designs Office shall examine the application so as to
make sure that it confirms with section 7 (2), 15, 16 and 17.
(2) If the provisions of sections 7 (2), 15 and 17 are not complied with,
the Industrial Designs Office shall refuse to register the industrial design,
provided that priority may not be questioned.
19. (1) When the examination provided for in section 18 shows that the
application has satisfied the requirements of sections 7 (2), 15 and 17,
then the industrial design shall be registered in accordance with the
application, and without further examination and in particular without
examination as to whether or not the registration contravenes section 7
(1).
(2) If the examination provided for in section 18 shows that the
requirements of section 16 have been complied with, the Industrial
Designs Office shall record the priority claimed for the registration.
20. (1) The Industrial Designs Office shall establish a registry for industrial
designs, which shall be recorded in chronological order. All the details of
every design, required by this Act to be registered, shall be recorded
therein.
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 22 relating to wax-sealed
applications, the industrial designs register shall contain a true copy of the
industrial design in which the registration number, the name, and address
of the registered owner are shown. If his address is abroad it shall contain
his fixed address together with the date of both the application and the
registration. If there is any claim for priority it shall be noted together
with the number, the date of the claim, the country where the claim was
presented and the basis for the claim for priority and reference to the
different stages of production according to the provisions of section 15 (1)
(d) and finally the name and address of the true designer if his name is
required for registration.