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(:2) A,i Industrial design shall be new if it has not been disclosed to the
public, anywhere in the world, by publication in tangible form or
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in any other way, prior' to the tiling date 01, where applicable, the prioritv
date of the application for registration Section 9(2)(c) shall apply mutatis
mutandis
(J) ludusuial designs thai arc contrnry to public order or moralitv shall
not be registrable
Right to Rcgulauon
of Industrial
Design: Naullug
of Creator
34 SeCIIUI) 10 shall apply mutatis mutandis
Application
35( I) The application for registration of an industrial design shall be filed
with the Registrar and shall contain a request, drawings, photographs 01 other
adequate graphic representations ofthe article embodYlllg the industrial design
and an indication of the kind of products for which the industrial design is to
be used lr rnay be accompanied by a specimen ofthe article embodying the
industria: design, where the industrial design is two-dimensional The
application shall be subject to the payment of the prescribed application fee
(2)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
(3) Section I J shall apply mutatis mutandis
. (4) Two or more industrial designs may be the subject of the same
application provided they relate to the same class of the International
Classification or to the same set or composition of articles
(5) The application, at the time offiling, may contain a request that the
publication ofthe industrial design, upon registration, be deferred for a period
not exceeding 1:2 months from the date of filing or, if priority is claimed, from
the date of priority, of the application
(6) The applicant may withdraw the application at any time during its
pendency
Exanunauon
Registration
and Publication
ofIndustrinl
Design
J6( I) The Registrar shall accord as the filing date the date of receipt of the
application, provided that, at the time of receipt, the application contains
indication allowing the identity of the applicant to be established and the
required graphic representation of the article embodying the industrial design.
Section IS( I )(b) shall apply mutatis mutandis.
(2) After according a filing date, the Registrar shall examine whether the
application complies with the requirements of Section :;5( I) an(I(2) and the
Regulations pertaining thereto, whether the application Ice has bCCI] paid and
whether the industrial design complies with the requirements of Sections 32
and 33(3) a.id the Regulations pertaining thereto
(3) Where the Registrar finds that the conditions referred to in subsection
(2) hereof are fulfilled, he shall register the industrial design, publish a
reference to the registration and issue to the applicant a certificate of
registration of the industrial design; otherwise, he shall refuse the application