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7.
8.
(1)
On all documents lodged in terms of the Act and these regulations there shall,
where required, be stated the address for service of the person by or on behalf of
whom the document has been lodged.
(2)
An address for service shall in all cases be in the Republic.
(3)
Any change of address or address for service shall be made by lodging Form D4.
lf a person who changes his address or address for service is a party to any
proceedings under the Act or these regulations, he shall give notice of such
change of address or address for service to every other person who is a party to
the proceedings.
(4)
Where the address of an agent has been used as the address for service on any
document and such address changes, the agent shall lodge a request to the
registrar on Form D4 for the change of address to be published in the journal.
Such publication shall be deemed to effect a change of the address on all such
documents.
Where any person is required by the Act or by these regulations to furnish the registrar
with an address or an address for service, the following provisions shall apply:
(a)
The address given shall be an address to which mail is delivered, and if such an
address is a street address it shall be as complete as possible in order to make it
possible to locate the address.
(b)
If the address given is not a street address, a street address shall also be
provided which shall be as complete as possible in order to make it possible to
locate the address.
(c)
An address or an address for service may, in addition, include a facsimile
transmission number and an e-mail address.
The register and indexes
(1)
On receipt of an application for a design registration, the registrar shall allocate to
the application an official application number which shall include the symbol 'A' or
'F', as the case may be, as part thereof in terms of subregulation (7).
(2)
The registrar shall cause to be entered in the register the particulars called for in
Form D2, which particulars shall include the official application number, the
name, address and address for service of the applicant and the date of
application, the part of the register in which the application is filed, the class in
which the application is filed, the articles to which the design is to be applied, and
particulars of a convention application (if any).
(3)
When the design is registered there shall be entered in the register the date of
registration, the date of publication of the application in the journal, subsequent
notifications of assignments, licences, hypothecs, amendments, and such other
matters as may be determined by the registrar.
(4)
The registrar shall maintain a record containing a representation or
representations or a specimen or specimens of the design which has been
registered, in such form as the registrar may deem necessary.
(5)
The registrar shall maintain an alphabetical index of the names of all applicants
for and all proprietors of design registrations on the register, and an alphabetical
index of the names of all assignees of design applications and design
registrations, and the registrar may also maintain an alphabetical index of the
names of all registered licensees, all hypothec holders and all persons who
caused an attachment to be entered.