(3) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Textile Designs (Registration) Decree, 1973 (N.R.C.D. 213), a textile
design registered under it and in force immediately before the coming into force of this Act, shall remain
in force for the unexpired portion of the period of protection provided under this Act subject to the
payment of the renewal fees provided for under this Act.
(4) A person who on the coming into force of this Act is the proprietor of an industrial design which has
been registered in the United Kingdom or has filed an application for the registration of an industrial
design in the United Kingdom, may, within twelve months from the date of the coming into force of this
Act, file an application for the registration of the same industrial design under this Act and the
application shall be accorded the filing date or priority date accorded to the application or registration in
the United Kingdom.
(5) An industrial design registered under subsection 3 shall, subject to section 10(2), enjoy a term of
protection not exceeding five years from the filing date.
SCHEDULE
Article 4
(Section 5 (4) (b) and (5))
[A to 1. Patents, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Marks, Inventors' Certificates: Right of Priority, ‐ G.
Patents: Division of the Application]
A.—(1) Any person who has duly filed an application for a patent, or for the registration of a utility
model, or of an industrial design, or of a trademark, in one of the countries of the Union, or his
successor in title, shall enjoy, for the purpose of filing in the other countries, a right of priority during the
periods hereinafter fixed.