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Industrial Property Act
2014
(8) Sections 24, 28(2) and (3) apply, with the necessary
modifications, in respect of priority dates and the filing of corrections
to the application.
(9) The registrar shall, if satisfied that an application meets the
requirements of this section and of sections 72 and 73, register the
industrial design, publish a reference to the registration, and issue a
certificate of registration to the applicant.
(10) Notwithstanding subsection (9), where a request has been made
under subsection (5) for deferment of publication, upon registration, of the
industrial design, neither the representation of the design nor any file
relating to the application shall be open to public inspection.
(11) The registrar shall publish a mention of the deferment of the
publication of the industrial design and information identifying the
registered owner.
(12) At the expiry of the period of deferment, the registrar shall
publish the registered industrial design.
(13) The institution of legal proceedings on the basis of a
registered industrial design during the period of deferment of
publication, shall be subject to the condition that the information
contained in the register and the file relating to the application have
been communicated to the person against whom the action is brought.
(14) Subject to subsection (8), the date of the registration shall
be that of the application.
75. Duration and renewal of registration of an industrial design.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the registration of an industrial design
shall expire at the end of the fifth year following the date of the registration.
(2) The registration of a design may be renewed for two further
consecutive periods of five years upon payment of the prescribed
renewal fee.
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