117. Within a time period of three months starting from the date of filing of the
industrial design, the applicant or his agent may, upon substantiated request, seek the
correction of any mistakes in expression or transcription or any substantive errors detected in
the documents filed, with the exception of the graphic or photographic reproductions of the
industrial designs filed, which may not be amended.
No corrections may be made after the aforegoing time period.
The request for correction referred to in the first paragraph of this Article shall be
submitted in writing and shall include the changes proposed.
118. Any application filed for an industrial design which:
(1) does not meet the conditions of the first paragraph of Article 104 above;
(2) does not meet the conditions of Article 113 above;
(3) has not been corrected within the time period of three months set out in Article 115
above;
shall be rejected.
The rejection of any application to file an industrial design must be substantiated and
notified to the applicant or his agent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. A
reference to said rejection shall be entered in the National Register of Industrial Designs
referred to in the first paragraph of Article 126 below.
119. Where the application to file an industrial design is not rejected under Article 118
above, the industrial design shall be registered by the entity responsible for industrial property
without prior examination as to the merits.
The date of registration shall be the date of filing.
Filing shall give rise to registration in the National Register of Industrial Designs
referred to in the first paragraph of Article 126 below.
120. Further to the registration provided for in Article 119 above, a report recording the
filing of the industrial design and mentioning the date of said filing and the attached
documents shall be drawn up by the entity responsible for industrial property along with the
certificate of registration of the industrial design, accompanied by the graphic or photographic
reproduction of the industrial design. The report and the certificate of registration shall be
conveyed or notified to the applicant or his agent.
121. Any interested party may obtain, following a written request, an official copy of
the original industrial design upon production of the graphic or photographic reproduction of
the industrial design registered.
Chapter IV
Effects of the registration of an industrial design
122. The registration of an industrial design shall be for a period of five years as from
the date of application. It may be renewed subject to the same procedures and conditions as
those provided for in Chapter III of this Title for two new consecutive five-year periods. The
registration must be renewed in the six months prior to the expiry of its term of validity.
However, the applicant shall be granted a six-month grace period starting from the
expiry of the term of validity to effect said renewal. The renewal shall begin from the expiry
of the registration’s term of validity.
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