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Designs Act, 1993 (Act No. 195 of 1993)

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Designs Regulations, 1999

42. Voluntary surrender

 

 

(1) A notice by a registered proprietor of a design registration in terms of section 34 of the Act for the surrender of the design shall be lodged on Form D13.

 

(2) On receipt of a notification to surrender a design, an interested party may lodge an objection to the surrender, in accordance with regulation 36.

 

(3) If no opposition is entered, or if the registrar at the conclusion of the hearing concludes that the design ought to be surrendered, the registrar shall cause an entry to be made in the register to that effect.

 

(4) A request by an applicant to withdraw an application for the registration of a design shall be made on Form D4.