Industrial Design Act

Marginal note:Examination prior to registration

• 5 (1) The Minister shall examine each application for the registration of a design to ascertain whether the design meets the requirements of this Act for registration.

• Marginal note:Report of objections

  (2) Where the Minister finds that a design does not meet the requirements for registration, the Minister shall send the applicant a report setting out the objections to registration and specifying a period for reply.

• Marginal note:Abandonment of application

  (3) If the applicant does not reply in good faith to the objections within the specified period, the application shall be considered abandoned.

• Marginal note:Reinstatement of application

  (4) An application that is considered abandoned shall be reinstated if the applicant, within the prescribed period,

  • (a) makes a request for reinstatement;

  • (b) replies in good faith to the objections to registration; and

  • (c) pays the fees prescribed for reinstatement.