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Designs Act No. 195 of 1993
Act
1. Definitions
2. Application of Act
3. State bound
4. Continuation of designs office
5. Seal of designs office
6. Registrar of designs
7. Register of designs
8. Inspection of register
9. Registrar to furnish information from register on request
10. Publication in journal
11. Powers of registrar
12. Excercise of discretionary power by registrar
13. Representation
14. Application for registration
15. Registration of design
16. Refusal of application
17. Disclosure without proprietor's knowledge or consent
18. Certificate of registration
19. Inspection by public
20. Effect of registration of design
21. Compulsory licence in case of abuse of rights
22. Duration of registration
23. Restoration of lapsed registration
24. Compensation arising from restoration
25. Joint ownership of registered design
26. Correction of clerical errors and amendment of documents
27. Amendment of application for registration, and of registration, of design
28. Rectification of register
29. Assignment and devolution by operation of law
30. Assignment of rights in and attachment or hypothecation of registered designs
31. Grounds for application for revocation of registration of design
32. Registration comprising more than one design
33. After revocation on ground of fraud proprietor may in certain circumstances again register design
34. Voluntary surrender of registered design
35. Proceedings for infringement
36. Declaration as to non-infringement
37. Remedy for groundless threats of infringement proceedings
38. Special provisions as to vessels, aircraft and land vehicles of convention countries
39. Register to be evidence
40. Certificates of registrar to be prima facie evidence
41. Certification of validity
42. Appeal to court
43. Proclamations as to convention countries
44. Registration of design where application for ...
45. Extension of time for applications in certain cases
46. Minister may require designs to be kept secret in certain circumstances
47. Penalties for making false entries in register, or making, producing or tendering false entries or copies
48. Penalties for making false statements for purpose of deceiving or influencing registrar or officer
49. Penalties for certain false representations
50. Documents may be sent by post
51. Address for service
52. Calculation of periods of time
53. Condonation or correction of irregularities in procedure
54. Regulations
55. Repeal of laws
56. Short tiltle and commencement
Regulations
Designs Regulations, 1999
Notice No. R843 of 1999
1. Definitions
1A. Electronic services
2. Office hours
3. Fees
4. Forms
5. Appointment of agent
6. Address and address for service
7.
8. The register and indexes
9. Classification
10. Documents
11. Completion and signature of documents
12. Application for registration
13.
14.
15.
16.
17. Applications in terms of section 44 of the Act
18. Representations
19.
20.
21.
22.
23. Late lodging of documents
24. Requests and applications to the registrar
25. Procedure on receipt of application
26.
27.
28.
29.
30. Registration and notice of registration
31. Publication of registration
32. Non-finalisation
33. Death of applicant or owner
34. Renewal
35. Restoration
36. Procedure on opposition
37. Title to and interest in design applications and registrations
38.
39.
40.
41. Alteration, correction and rectification, and amendment
42. Voluntary surrender
43. Application for revocation
44.
45.
46. Discretionary power
47. Extension of time
48. Certificates
49. Inspection
50. Repeal of Regulations
51. Commencement
Schedules
Schedule 1 : Fees
Schedule 2 : Forms
Schedule 2 : Form D1
Schedule 2 : Form D2
Schedule 2 : Form D3
Schedule 2 : Form D4
Schedule 2 : Form D5
Schedule 2 : Form D6
Schedule 2 : Form D7
Schedule 2 : Form D8
Schedule 2 : Form D9
Schedule 2 : Form D10
Schedule 2 : Form D11
Schedule 2 : Form D12
Schedule 2 : Form D13
Schedule 2 : Form D14
Schedule 2 : Form D15
Schedule 2 : Form D16
Schedule 2 : Form D17
Schedule 2 : Form D18
Schedule 3 : Classification
Class 1 Foodstuffs
Class 2 Articles of clothing and haberdashery
Class 3 Travel goods, cases, parasols and personal belongings, not elsewhere specified
Class 4 Brushware
Class 5 Textile piecegood articles, artificial and natural sheet material
Class 6 Furnishing
Class 7 Household goods, not elsewhere specified
Class 8 Tools and hardware
Class 9 Packages and containers for the transport or handling of goods
Class 10 Clocks and watches, and other measuring instruments, checking and signalling instruments
Class 11 Articles of adornment
Class 12 Means of transport or hoisting
Class 13 Equipment for production, distribution or transformation of electricity
Class 14 Recording, communication or information retrieval equipment
Class 15 Machines, not elsewhere specified
Class 16 Photographic, cinematographic and optical apparatus
Class 17 Musical instruments
Class 18 Printing and office machinery
Class 19 Stationery and office equipment, artists' and teaching materials
Class 20 Sales and advertising equipment, signs
Class 21 Games, toys, tents and sports goods
Class 22 Arms, pyrotechnic articles, articles for hunting, fishing and pest killing
Class 23 Fluid distribution equipment, sanitary, heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment, solid fuel
Class 24 Medical and laboratory equipment
Class 25 Building units and construction elements
Class 26 Lighting apparatus
Class 27 Tobacco and smokers' supplies
Class 28 Pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, toilet articles and apparatus
Class 29 Devices and equipment against fire hazards, for accident prevention and for rescue
Class 30 Articles for the care and handling of animals
Class 31 Machines and appliances for preparing food or drink, not elsewhere specified
Class 99 Miscellaneous
“designs office”
means the designs office referred to in
section 4
;
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