The Designs Act, 2000 (Bare Act)/ Universal Law Publishing

THE DESIGNS ACT, 2000
Introduction
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
Sections
1. Short title, extent and commencement
\y^. Definitions
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REGISTRATION OP DESIGNS
3. Controller and otlier officers
4. Prohibition of registration of certain designs
5. Application for registration of designs
6. Registration to be in respect of particular article - ■7.—Publication of particulars of registered designs 8. Power of Controller to make orders regarding substitution of application, etc. 9. Certificate of registration 10. Register of designs
CHAPTER III COPYRIGHT IN REGISTERED DESIGNS 11. Copyright on registration 12. Restoration of lapsed designs 13. Procedure for disposal of applications for restoration of lapsed designs 14. Rights of proprietor of lapsed design which have been restored 15. Recjuirements before delivery on sales 16. Effect of disclosure on copyright 17. Inspection of registered designs 18. Information as to existence of copyright 19. Cancellation of registration 20. Designs to bind Government
CHAPTER IV INDUSTRIAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS 21. Provisions as to exhibitions
CHAPTER P ,,,^EGAL PROCEEDINGS 22. Piracy of registered design 23. Application of certam provisions of the Act as to patents to designs
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CHAPTER VI
GENERAL
Fees
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24. Fees
25. Notice of trust not to be entered in registers
26. Inspection of and extracts from registers
27. Privilege of reports of Controller
28. Prohibition and publication of specification, drawings, etc., where application abandoned, etc.
29. Power of Controller to correct clerical errors
30. Entry of assignment and transmissions in registers
31. Rectification of register ^ , CHAPTER VII
V^OWERS AND DUTIES OF CONTROLLER
32. Powers of Controller in proceedings under Act
33. Exercise of discretionary power by Controller
34. Power of Controller to take directions of the Central Government
35. Refusal to register a design in certain cases
36. Appeals to the High Court
CHAPTER VIII
^ EVIDENCE, ETC
37. Evidence before the Controller
38. Certificate of Controller to be evidence
39. Evidence of documents in patent office 40. Applications and notices by post
41. Declaration by infant, lunatic, etc. 42. Avoidance of certain restrictive conditions
.^CHAPTER IX
AGENCY
43. Agency
CHAPTER X
POWERS, ETC., OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 44 Reciprocal arrangement with the United Kingdom and other convention ' coimtries or group of eountries or inter-govemmental organisations . 45. Report of the ControUer to be placed before Parliament 46. Protection of security of India 47. Power of Central Government to make rules ■ „ • CHAPTER XI REPEAL AND SAVINGS ^
48. Repeal and savings
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THE DESIGNS RULES, 2001
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement
2. Definitions
3. Manner for leaving and serving documents
4. Address for service
5. Fees
6. Forms •
7. Size, etc., of documents •' 8. Signature and verification of dociunents specified in sections 5, 12, 19 and 37 ' 9. Agency
10. Classification of goods
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION
11. Application
12. Statement of novelty
13. Additional copies of representation or specimens
147" ReprSen ta tion 15. Reciprocity application for the registration of a design
16. Manner in which a claim under sub-section (1) of section 8
shall be made
17. Acceptance
18. Objections
19. Decision of Controller
20. Date for appeal 21. Non-completion witliin stipulated period 22. Publication of tlie particulars of registered design under section 7 23. Marnier of making an application under sub-section (2) of section 11 - a
24. Restoration of designs 25. Payment of unpaid extension fee
MARKING OF ARTICLES
26. Marking of articles before delivery on sale
INSPECTIONS AND SEARCHES
27. Inspection of designs
28. Search under section 18
CANCELLATION
29. Cancellation of registration of designs under section 19
GENERAL
Register of Designs
30. Registering designs
31. Alteration of address
32. Registration of documents under sub-section (3) of section 30


33. Application for entry of subsequent proprietorship
34. Particulars in applications
35. Production of documents of title and otlier proof
36. Form of entry 37. Entry of notification of documents
38. Hours of inspection of Register
39. Rectification of Register 40. Opposition to rectification
CERTIFICATES
41. Certified copies of documents
42. Form, etc., of affidavits AWARD OF COST BY CONTROLLER
43. Scale of costs MISCELLANEOUS POWERS OF CONTROLLER 44. Exercise of discretionary power of ControUer, miscellaneous power of Controller
45. Controller may require statement 46^ General power of amendment 47. General power to enlarge time
47A. Digital Signature
REPEAL
.48. Repeal THE FIRST SCHEDULE.— Fees THE SECOND SCHEDULE.— List of Forms the THIRD SCHEDULE.— Classification of Goods the fourth SCHEDULE.- Scale of cosLs allowable in proceedmgs before tlie Controller the fifth schedule.- Certificate of RegistraHon of Design