(d) proof of payment of the prescribed fees.
Article 11
Conditions Governing Rejection
(1) Where an application does not comply with the requirements of Article 8, except for
its subparagraph (b), it shall be returned, where appropriate, to the applicant or his agent, who
shall be invited to correct the documents within a period of three months from the date of
notification. That period may be extended by thirty days, in cases of justifiable need, at the
request of the applicant or his agent. The application so corrected within the said period shall
retain the date of the initial application.
(2) In the event of the corrected documents not being provided within the prescribed
period, the application for registration of the layout-design shall be rejected.
(3) No application may be rejected under paragraph (2) above without the applicant or
his agent having first been given the opportunity to correct the said application to the extent
and according to the procedure prescribed.
Article 12
Examination
With respect to each application for registration of a layout-design, the Organization
shall examine whether the application complies with the requirements of Articles 2 and 8
above, without carrying out an examination of originality, of the applicant’s right to
protection or of the correctness of the statements made in the application.
Article 13
Registration
(1) Where the Organization ascertains that an application complies with the
requirements of Articles 2 and 8, it shall register the layout-design in the Special Register of
Layout-Designs in which, for each protected layout-design, it shall make the entries as
provided in this Annex.
(2) The registration of a layout-design shall be effected on a decision by the Director
General of the Organization or on a decision by an official of the Organization duly
authorized thereto by the Director General.
(3) Prior to registration, any application for a layout-design may be withdrawn by its
author. The documents filed will be returned to him only at his request.
Article 14
Publication
The Organization shall publish the following details for each registered layout-design:
(a) the number of the registered layout-design;
(b) the title of the layout-design;
(c) the filing date, and where given in the application pursuant to Article 8(2)(d), the
date of first commercial exploitation of the layout-design anywhere in the world;
(d) the name and address of the holder of the layout-design, unless the holder has
requested not to be entered on the registration certificate;
(e) the name and address of the agent, if any.