Act 3
Industrial Property Act
2014
74. Application and examination
(1) A person who wishes to register an industrial design shall
submit to the registrar—
(a) an application in the prescribed form;
(b) a power of attorney, where the applicant is represented by
an agent;
(c) drawings, photographs or other adequate graphic
representations of the article embodying the industrial
design and an indication of the kind of products for which
the industrial design is to be used; and
(d) the prescribed application fee.
(2) The request may be accompanied by a specimen of the article
embodying the industrial design, where the industrial design is twodimensional.
(3) Where the applicant is not the creator, the request shall be
accompanied by a statement justifying the applicant’s right to the
registration of the industrial design.
(4) Two or more industrial designs may be the subject of the
same classification if they relate to the same class under international
classification or to the same set or composition of articles.
(5) The application, at the time of filing, may contain a request that
the publication of the industrial design, upon registration, be deferred for
a period not exceeding twelve months from the date of filing or if priority
is claimed, from the date of priority of the application.
(6) The applicant may at any time withdraw an application
lodged under this section.
(7) The registrar shall record as the filing date the date of receipt of
the application if at the time of receipt of the application, the prescribed
application fee is paid and the application contains the name of the
applicant and a graphic representation of the article embodying the
industrial design or a specimen of the industrial design.
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