| (a) | by inserting, immediately after the definition of “exclusive licence” in section 2(1), the following definition:| “ “International Bureau” means the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation;”; |
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| (b) | by renumbering section 11 as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsections:“(2) The application shall —| (a) | contain a request for the registration of a design; | | (b) | state the name and address of the applicant; and | | (c) | contain a clear representation of the design. |
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(3) The date on which the application is filed shall be the earliest date on which —| (a) | the fee payable under subsection (1) has been paid or is treated by the Registrar as paid; and | | (b) | all the requirements under subsection (2) have been satisfied.”; |
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| (c) | by deleting the words “section 17” in section 18 and substituting the words “sections 17 and 18A(3)”; |
| (d) | by inserting, immediately after section 18, the following section:| “Deferment of publication |
18A.—(1) An applicant may, when filing his application for registration of a design, request that any publication under section 18 of the design be deferred for the prescribed period after the date of filing of that application.| (2) A request under subsection (1) shall be made in the prescribed manner and accompanied by the prescribed fee. |
| (3) Notwithstanding section 18, the Registrar shall defer the publication under that section of a design which is the subject of a request under subsection (1) for the prescribed period referred to in that subsection. |
| (4) The Minister may make rules to provide for the deferment of the publication under section 18 of a registered design and for matters relating thereto.”; |
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| (e) | by inserting, immediately after subsection (5) of section 21, the following subsection:| “(6) The Minister may make rules to provide for the restoration of the registration of a design which has been removed from the Register, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.”; |
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| (f) | by inserting, immediately after subsection (8) of section 32, the following subsection:| “(8A) A registered design or any right in it may be the subject of a charge in the same way as other personal or movable property.”; |
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| (g) | by deleting subsection (3) of section 33 and substituting the following subsection:“(3) Subject to any agreement to the contrary, where there is more than one registered owner of a registered design, no registered owner shall, without the consent of each of the others —| (a) | grant a licence for the use of the design; | | (b) | assign any interest in the design; or | | (c) | charge his share in the rights in the design.”; |
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| (h) | by inserting, immediately after subsection (4) of section 34, the following subsection:| “(5) Provision may be made by rules as to the amendment, alteration or removal from the Register of any particulars in the Register relating to any registrable transaction.”; |
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| (i) | by deleting the words “upon payment of the prescribed fee” in section 55(1); |
| (j) | by deleting the words “and sealed with the seal of the Registry” in section 55(5); |
| (k) | by deleting the definition of “International Bureau” in section 64A(4); |
| (l) | by inserting, immediately after section 72, the following section:| “Amendment of documents other than application for registration |
72A. The Registrar may, at the written request of a person who has made an application (other than an application for registration of a design), or filed a notice or other document for the purposes of this Act, or at the written request of the person’s agent, amend the application, notice or document —| (a) | to correct a clerical error or an obvious mistake; or | | (b) | if the Registrar is of the opinion that it is fair and reasonable in all the circumstances of the case to do so.”; |
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| (m) | by repealing section 73 and substituting the following section:73.—(1) There shall be paid in respect of applications, registrations and other matters under this Act such fees as may be prescribed.| (2) All fees collected shall be paid into the funds of the Office. |
| (3) Subsection (2) shall not apply to fees prescribed in rules made under section 64A(2)(e) which are to be forwarded to the International Bureau.”; |
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| (n) | by inserting, immediately after paragraph (a) of section 74(2), the following paragraph:| “(aa) | as to the practice and procedure of any proceedings or other matter before the Registrar;”; |
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| (o) | by deleting the word “and” at the end of section 74(2)(m); and |
| (p) | by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (n) of section 74(2) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:| “(o) | for the reinstatement, and the conditions for the reinstatement, of —| (i) | any application which is treated as withdrawn; or | | (ii) | any right which has been abrogated, or thing which has ceased to be in force or to exist, by reason of a failure to comply with any time limit which has been prescribed or which the Registrar has specified.”. |
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