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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