(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a sealed package may be opened by the Registrar at any
time on the direction of a court and shall be revealed when the court no longer requires it:
Provided that, if the time at which the package may be opened under subsection (1)(a) of this section
arrives before the court has ceased to require it, the package shall be deemed to have been duly opened at
that time and shall not be released.
19. (1) Registration of an industrial design confers upon the registered owner the right to preclude any other
person from doing any of the following acts(a) reproducing the design in the manufacture of a product;
(b) importing, selling or utilising for commercial purposes a product reproducing the design; and
(c) holding such a product for the purpose of selling it or of utilising it for commercial purposes.
(2) The reproduction of a registered industrial design is not lawful for the purposes of subsection (1) of this
section merely because it differs in minor or inessential ways from the design or because it concerns a
type of product other than the type with which the design is concerned.
(2) The rights conferred by this section(a) shall extend only to acts done for commercial or industrial purposes; and
(b) shall not extend to acts done in respect of a product incorporating a registered industrial design after
the product has been lawfully sold in Nigeria.
20. (1) Subject to this Act, registration of an industrial design(a) shall be effective in the first instance for five years from the date of the application for registration;
and
(b) on payment of the prescribed fee may be renewed for two further consecutive periods of five years.
(2) The fee mentioned in subsection (1)(b) of this section shall be paid within the twelve months
immediately preceding the renewal period to which it relates:
Provided that(a) a period of grace of six months after the beginning of the renewal period shall be allowed for the
payment of the fee; and
(b) if the fee and any prescribed surcharge are paid within that period, this subsection shall be deemed to
have been complied with.
(3) The fact that the registration of an industrial design has ceased to be effective or has been renewed shall
be registered and notified.
21. (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the registered owner of an industrial design may renounce the
registration by a written declaration addressed to the Registrar.
(2) A renunciation under subsection (1) of this section(a) may be limited(i) to any particular kind or kinds of product, or
(ii) if a classification of products has been prescribed, to any particular class or classes of product, or