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existence, scope and exercise of the rights deriving from the protection afforded under this Title. The formalities to be completed and the documents to be attached to requests for entries shall be fixed by regulation. 127. Any interested person may obtain an excerpt from the National Register of Industrial Designs. SECTION II SEIZURE 128. The seizure of an industrial design shall be effected on the basis of an order handed down by the President of the court ruling in summary proceedings and notified to the owner of the industrial design, to the entity responsible for industrial property, and to the persons holding rights in the industrial design. Once notice of seizure has been given, no subsequent amendment of the rights deriving from the industrial design shall be binding on the attaching creditors. On pain of invalidation, the attaching creditor shall have 15 days as from the date on which the seizure is ordered to bring legal proceedings before the court to confirm the validity of the seizure and for the purpose of placing the industrial design on sale. SECTION III MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 129. The exclusive right to work deriving from the industrial design protected by this Title shall end with the expiry of a maximum time period of 15 years from the date of initial filing. 130. The owner of an industrial design may, at any time, waive the protection of his industrial design by means of a written declaration addressed to the entity responsible for industrial property. Waiver may be limited to only part of the industrial designs if the filing covers several industrial designs. Where the industrial design is jointly owned, waiver may only be effected if it is required by all of the joint owners. If licenses or encumbrances have been entered in the National Register of Industrial Designs, the declaration of waiver of registration shall only be entertained if it is accompanied by the consent of the holders of the rights entered. 131. Any interested party, including the Public Prosecutor’s Office, may invoke lapse of the registration of an industrial design that was effected in violation of the provisions of Articles 104, 105 and 113 above. Chapter VI Publication of industrial designs 132. The entity responsible for industrial property shall publish an official catalog of all industrial designs registered, which shall contain references to the acts referred to in the first paragraph of Article 126 above.

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