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Section 18 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 18 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Applications under sealed cover. It is under ‘Designs’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) An applicant for the registration of an industrial design may ask for the design to be kept secret for a specified…
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Section 17 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 17 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Registration and publication. It is under ‘Designs’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) An industrial design shall be registered by the issue to the applicant of a registration certificate containing-(a) the number of the design…
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Section 16 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 16 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Examination of applications for registration. It is under ‘Designs’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) The registrar shall examine every application for registration of an industrial design as to its conformity with sections 13 (1)…
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Section 15 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 15 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Applications for registration. It is under ‘Designs’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) An application for the registration of an industrial design shall be made to theregistrar and–(a) shall contain-(i) a request for registration of…
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Section 14 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 14 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Right to registration. It is under ‘Designs’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) Subject to this section, the right to registration of an industrial design shall bevested in the statutory creator, that is to say,…
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Section 13 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 13 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Registrable designs. It is under ‘Designs’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) Subject to this section, an industrial design is registrable if–(a) it is new; and(b) it is not contrary to public order or morality.…
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Section 12 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 12 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Nature of industrial design. It is under ‘Designs’ of the Act. It provides as follows: Any combination of lines or colours or both, and any three-dimensional form,whether or not associated with colours, is an industrial design, if…
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Section 11 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 11 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Compulsory licences and official use. It is under ‘Patents’ of the Act. It provides as follows: The provisions of the First Schedule to this Act shall have effect in relation to compulsory licences and the use of…
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Section 10 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 10 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Licences of right. It is under ‘Patents’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) Subject to this section, if a patentee (not being precluded by the terms of any previously registered licence from granting a further…
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Section 9 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 9 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Nullity of patent. It is under ‘Patents’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) Subject to this section, on the application of any person (including a public officeracting in the exercise of his functions) the court…