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Chapter 522
An Ordinance to make new provision in respect of registered design right and related matters in substitution for the United Kingdom Designs (Protection) Ordinance.
[27 June 1997] L.N. 368 of 1997
Section 1
Remarks:
Amendments retroactively made - see 25 of 1998 s. 2; 22 of 1999 s. 3
(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
“application for registration” means an application for registration of a design made under section 12 ;
“article” means any article of manufacture and includes any part of an article if that part is made and sold separately;
“artistic work” has the same meaning as in Part II of the Copyright Ordinance (Cap 528); (Amended 92 of 1997 s. 280 & Schs. 2 & 3)
“assignee” includes the personal representative of a deceased assignee, and references to the assignee of any person include references to the assignee of the personal representative or assignee of that person;
“corresponding design”, in relation to an artistic work, means a design which if applied to an article would produce something which would be treated for the purposes of Part II of the Copyright Ordinance (Cap 528) as a copy of that work; (Amended 22 of 1999 s. 3)
“court” means the Court of First Instance; (Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2)
“design” means features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament applied to an article by any industrial process, being features which in the finished article appeal to and are judged by the eye, but does not include-
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“designer”, in relation to a design, means the person who creates it or, if there are 2 or more such persons, each of those persons;
“employee” means a person who works or (where the employment has ceased) worked under a contract of employment (whether with the Government or with any other person);
“employer”, in relation to an employee, means the person by whom the employee is or was employed;
“exclusive licence” means a licence from the registered owner of a registered design conferring on the licensee, or on him and persons authorized by him, to the exclusion of all other persons (including the registered owner), any right in respect of the design that would otherwise be exercisable exclusively by the registered owner, and “exclusive licensee” shall be construed accordingly;
“filing date”, in relation to an application for registration, means the date determined under section 14 as the filing date of the application;
“owner” has the meaning assigned by section 3 ;
“Paris Convention” means the Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property signed at Paris on 20 March 1883, as revised or amended from time to time;
“Paris Convention country” means—
“prescribed” means prescribed or provided for by the rules;
“priority date”, in relation to an application for registration, means the date regarded as being the filing date of the application pursuant to section 17 ;
“protected layout-design (topography)” has the meaning assigned to that term by section 2(1)
of the Layout-design (Topography) of Integrated Circuits Ordinance (Cap 445);
“Register” means the Register of Designs kept under this Ordinance;
“registered design” means a design registered under section 25 ;
“registered owner”, in relation to a registered design, means the person whose name is for the
time being entered in the Register as the owner of the design or, if there are 2 or more such persons, each of those persons; “Registrar” means the Registrar of Designs; “Registrar of Designs” means the person holding that office by virtue of the Director of Intellectual Property (Establishment) Ordinance (Cap 412);
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“Registry” means the Designs Registry administered by the Registrar;
“rules” means rules made by the Registrar under section 79 , 80 , 81 or 82 , as the case may be;
“set of articles” means 2 or more articles of the same general character that are ordinarily on sale together or intended to be used together, to each of which the same design, or the same design with modifications or variations not sufficient to alter the character or substantially to affect the identity thereof, is applied;
“World Trade Organization Agreement” means the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization done at Marrakesh in 1994, as revised or amended from time to time;
“WTO member” means any country, territory or area for the time being specified in the Schedule as being a country, territory or area which has acceded to the World Trade Organization Agreement.
(3) The expressions listed in the left-hand column below are defined in, or fall to be construed in accordance with, the provisions of this Ordinance listed in the right-hand column in relation to those expressions.
Expressions Relevant provision
�Divisional application Section 22(1)
� Formal requirements section 24(4)
� Government use Section 37(2)
� Kit section 31(5)
� Official international exhibition section 9(3)
� Regular national filing section 15(4)
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(5) In the case of a design generated by computer in circumstances such that there is no human designer, the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the creation of the design are made shall be deemed to be the designer.
Subject to Part IV , this Ordinance binds the Government.
or if it differs from such a design only in immaterial details or in features which are variants commonly used in the trade.
(3) The Registrar may, in such cases as may be prescribed, direct that for the purpose of deciding whether a design is new an application for registration shall be treated as made on a date earlier or later than that on which it was in fact made.
A design is not registrable in respect of an article if the appearance of the article is not material, that is, if aesthetic considerations are not normally taken into account to a material extent by persons acquiring or using articles of that description, and would not be so taken into account if the design were to be applied to the article.
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(1) Computer programs and protected layout-designs (topographies) are not registrable.
(2) Provision may be made by rules for excluding from registration under this Ordinance designs for such articles of a primarily literary or artistic character as the rules may specify.
if the application for registration of the design is made not later than 6 months after the opening of the exhibition.
(3) In this section, “official international exhibition” means an official, or officially recognized, international exhibition falling within the terms of the Convention on International Exhibitions signed at Paris on 22 November 1928, and any protocols to that Convention, as revised or amended from time to time.
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Section 10
�Provisions as to artistic works
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and that previous use was made by or with the consent of the copyright owner.
(3) Provision may be made by rules as to the circumstances in which a design is to be regarded for the purposes of this section as “applied industrially” to articles or any description of articles.
Section 11
�Provisions as to registration of same design in respect of other articles, etc.
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(1) Where the registered owner of a design registered in respect of any article makes an application
the application shall not be refused, and the registration made on the application shall not be invalidated, by reason only of the previous registration or publication of the registered design.
(2) Where any person makes an application for the registration of a design in respect of any article and either
then, if at any time while the application is pending the applicant becomes the registered owner of the design previously registered, subsection (1) shall apply as if at the time of making the application the applicant had been the registered owner of that design.
Section 12
�Applications for registration
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Applications for registration
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Section 13
�Multiple applications
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Two or more designs may be the subject of the same application for registration if the designs
Section 14
Filing date
The filing date of an application for registration of a design is the earliest date on which
(a) documents containing everything required by section 12(2)(a) to (c) are filed; and b) the fees required by section 12(5) are paid.
Section 15
�Priority right
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of that Paris Convention country or WTO member, or under any bilateral or multilateral agreement to which it is a party, shall be recognized as giving rise to a right of priority.
Section 16
�Claiming priority
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Section 17
�Effect of priority right
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Section 18
�Withdrawal of applications
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(1) An applicant may withdraw his application for registration of a design by filing a notice of withdrawal with the Registrar before the date on which preparations for publication under section 25 have been completed, as determined by the Registrar.
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(3) Where a notice is filed in accordance with this section, the application shall be deemed withdrawn.
(4) A notice filed in accordance with this section is irrevocable.
Section 19
�Effect of withdrawal
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Where an application for registration of a design is deemed by any provision of this Ordinance to have been withdrawn, the following provisions shall apply—
Section 20
�Reinstatement of applications deemed withdrawn
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Section 21
�Amendment of applications
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Section 22
�Division of applications after amendment
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Section 23
�Rights in applications
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Expanded Cross Reference: 32 , 33 , 34
Section 24
�Examination of applications
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Examination and registration
If on an examination by the Registrar under section 24 an application for registration of a design is found to have satisfied the formal requirements, then as soon as practicable after such examination, but subject to section 26, the Registrar shall—
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(a) | register the design by entering the prescribed particulars in the Register; |
(b) | enter the name of the applicant, or the successor in title to the application, in the Register as the owner of the design; |
(c) | issue a certificate of registration to the person who is the registered owner of the design at the time the design is registered; and |
(d) | advertise the fact of such registration and publish a representation of the design by notice in the Gazette. |
Section 26 |
Section 27 Formality examination
Except as expressly provided to the contrary, nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as imposing any obligation upon the Registrar to consider or have regard to, for the purpose of determining whether to accept an application for registration of a design, any question as to—
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Section 29
�Exceptions related to artistic works, etc.
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section 10(1), then, notwithstanding section 28, the period of registration of the design expires when the copyright in that work expires, if that is earlier than the time at which it would otherwise expire, and it may not thereafter be renewed.
(2) Notwithstanding section 28, the period of registration of a design registered by virtue of section 11(1) shall not extend beyond the end of the period of registration, and any extended period of registration, of the original registered design.
Section 30
�Surrender of registration
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(1) The registration of a design may be surrendered by the registered owner in respect of any or all of the articles for which the design is registered.
Section 31
�Rights conferred by registration
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Section 32
�Nature of registered design
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(a) �to the extent that the licence so provides, a sub-licence may be granted under any such licence and any such licence or sub-licence may be assigned or mortgaged; and
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shall be void unless it is in writing and is signed by or on behalf of the assignor, mortgagor or party granting such assent as the case may be (or, in the case of an assent or other transaction by a personal representative, by or on behalf of the personal representative) or, in the case of a body corporate, is so signed or is under the seal of that body.
(7) An assignment of a registered design or a share in it, and an exclusive licence granted under any registered design, may confer on the assignee or licensee the right of the assignor or licensor to bring proceedings by virtue of section 48 or to bring proceedings under section 40 for a previous act.
Section 33
�Co-ownership of registered designs
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Section 34
�Transactions affecting rights in registered designs
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(1) Any person who claims to have acquired any right in or under a registered design by virtue of any transaction, instrument or event to which this section applies shall be entitled as against any other person who claims to have acquired that right by virtue of an earlier transaction, instrument or event to which this section applies if, at the time of the later transaction, instrument or event—
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(2) Subsection (1) shall apply equally to the case where any person claims to have acquired any right in or under a registered design by virtue of a transaction, instrument or event to which this section applies, and that right is incompatible with any such right acquired by virtue of an earlier transaction, instrument or event to which this section applies.
Section 35
�Rights of third parties to continue use of registered designs
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(1) A person who in Hong Kong before the filing date of an application for registration of a design—
and the doing of such act by virtue of this subsection shall not constitute an infringement of the design concerned.
(3) The rights specified in subsection (2) shall not include the right to grant a licence to any person to do an act referred to in subsection (1) .
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(4) Where an article is disposed of to another person in exercise of a right conferred by subsection (2) , that other person and any person claiming through him may deal with the article in the same way as if it had been disposed of by the owner of the design concerned.
Section 36
�Declaration of extreme urgency
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Expanded Cross Reference: 37 , 38 , 39
Remarks:
Amendments retroactively made - see 22 of 1999 s. 3
The Chief Executive in Council may, for the purposes of applying sections 37 to 39 by regulation declare a period of extreme urgency whenever he considers it to be necessary or expedient in the public interest for the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community or for securing sufficient supplies and services essential to the life of the community. <* Note — Exp. X-Ref.: Sections 37 , 38 , 39 *>
(Amended 22 of 1999 s. 3)
Expanded Cross Reference: 38 , 39 , 40
Remarks:
Amendments retroactively made — see 22 of 1999 s. 3
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person whether or not that person is authorized directly or indirectly by the registered owner to do anything in relation to the design.
(8) Subsection (1) is without prejudice to any rule of law relating to the confidentiality of
Section 38
�Rights of third parties
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(1) The provisions of any licence, assignment or agreement specified in subsection (3) are of no effect in relation to
so far as those provisions—
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Section 39
�Compensation for loss of profit
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(2) Compensation is payable only to the extent that a contract could have been fulfilled from the registered owner’s or exclusive licensee’s existing manufacturing or other capacity but is
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payable notwithstanding the existence of circumstances rendering him ineligible for the award of such a contract.
may be referred to the court by either party to the dispute.
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the new owner or licensee shall not be entitled to any compensation under section 37 (as it stands or as modified by section 38(4) ) or to any compensation under section 39 in respect of any use of the design by a public officer or a person authorized by a public officer under section 37 after the date of the transaction, instrument or event and before the prescribed particulars of the transaction, instrument or event are registered.
(5) One of 2 or more registered owners of a registered design may without the concurrence of the others refer a dispute to the court under this section, but shall not do so unless the others are made parties to the proceedings; but any of the others made a defendant shall not be liable for any costs or expenses unless he takes part in the proceedings.
Section 41
�Determination of rights after registration
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(1) After a design is registered, any person having or claiming a proprietary interest in or under the design may refer to the court the question
and the court shall determine the question and make such order as it thinks fit to give effect to the determination.
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Section 42
�Effect of transfer of registered design under Section 41
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the old owner or owners or the licensee shall on making a request to the new owner or owners within the prescribed period be entitled to be granted a licence (but not an exclusive licence) to continue to do the act or, as the case may be, to do the act.
(4) Any such licence shall be granted for a reasonable period and on reasonable terms.
(5) The new owner or owners of the registered design or any person claiming that he is entitled to be granted any such licence may refer to the court the question whether that person is so entitled and whether any such period is, or any such terms are, reasonable, and the court shall determine the question and may, if it considers it appropriate, order the grant of such a licence.
Section 43
�Licences granted by order of court
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Any order made under section 41(2) or 42(5) for the grant of alicence shall, without prejudice to any other method of enforcement, have effect as if it were a deed, executed by the owner of the registered design and all other necessary parties, granting a licence in accordance with the order.
Section 44
�Revocation on ground of public order (“ordre public”) or morality
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Proceedings for revocation of registration
(5) Any person may oppose a reference made under subsection (1) .
Section 45
�Revocation on ground that design was not registrable
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The court may, on application by any person, order the registration of a design to be revoked on the ground that, at the time of its registration, the design was not new or was not registrable for any other reason.
Section 46
�Revocation on ground that person is not entitled to be registered as owner
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Section 47
�Effect of revocation
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Without affecting transactions past and closed, where an order is made under section 44 , 45 or 46 that the registration of a design be revoked, the Registrar shall rectify the Register accordingly and the registration of the design shall be deemed never to have been made.
Section 48
�Proceedings for infringement by registered owner
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Infringement proceedings
Section 49
�Proceedings for infringement by co-owner
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Section 50
�Proceedings for infringement by exclusive licensee
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(1) Subject to this section, the holder of an exclusive licence under a registered design shall have the same right as the registered owner to bring proceedings in respect of any infringement of the design committed after the date of the licence and references to the registered owner in the provisions of this Ordinance relating to infringement shall be construed accordingly.
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Section 51
�General restriction on recovery of damages or profits
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Section 52
�Restriction on recovery of damages or profits for infringements occurring
�before transactions are registered
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Where a person becomes the registered owner or one of the registered owners or an exclusive licensee of a registered design by virtue of a transaction, instrument or event to which section 34 applies, then unless—
he is not entitled to damages or an account of profits in respect of any infringement occurring after the date of the transaction, instrument or event and before the prescribed particulars of the transaction, instrument or event are registered.
Section 53
�Order for delivery up
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(1) Where a person has in his possession, custody or control in the course of a business—
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the registered owner of the design in question may apply to the court for an order that the articles or thing be delivered to him or to such other person as the court may direct.
Section 54
�Order for disposal
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Section 55
�Declaration as to non-infringement
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Without prejudice to the court’s jurisdiction to make a declaration apart from this section, a declaration that an act does not, or a proposed act would not, constitute an infringement of a registered design may be made by the court in any proceedings between the person doing or
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proposing to do the act and the registered owner, notwithstanding that no assertion to the contrary has been made by the registered owner, if it is shown that—
Section 56
�Certificate of contested validity of registration
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Remarks:
Amendments retroactively made — see 25 of 1998 s. 2
Section 57
�Remedy for groundless threats of infringement proceedings
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Section 58
�Appeal from decisions or orders of Registrar
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Section 59
�Registrar’s appearance in proceedings involving Register
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Section 60
�General powers of court
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The court may, for the purpose of determining any question in the exercise of its original or appellate jurisdiction under this Ordinance, make any order or exercise any other power which the Registrar could have made or exercised for the purpose of determining that question.
Section 61
�Procedure in case of option to apply to court or Registrar
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Section 62
�Costs and expenses in proceedings before court
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Section 63
�Costs and expenses in proceedings before Registrar
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Section 64
�Register of designs to be kept
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(a) | particulars as to applications for registration of designs, including the filing dates and | ||||||||
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priority dates; | |||||||||
(b) | the names of owners of registered designs; | ||||||||
(c) | particulars | as | to | transactions, instruments | or | events | affecting rights in | or | under |
registered designs and applications for registration; and | |||||||||
(d) | such other matters as the Registrar may think fit. |
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) , no notice of any trust, whether express, implied or constructive, shall be entered in the Register, and the Registrar shall not be affected by any such notice.
(4) The Register need not be kept in documentary form.
Section 65 Register is prima facie evidence
(iii) �any model or specification of a registered design; or
(iv) �any application for registration of a design,
which purports to be a certified copy or a certified extract shall, subject to subsection (4) , be admitted in evidence without further proof and without production of any original.
Section 66 Rectification of Register
(1) The court may, on the application of any person aggrieved, order the Register to be rectified by the making, or the variation or deletion, of any entry in it.
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(2) In proceedings under this section the court may determine any question which it may be necessary or expedient to decide in connection with the rectification of the Register.
Section 67
�Correction of errors in Register
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(1) Subject to the rules, the Registrar may correct any error in the Register.
Section 68
�Right to inspect Register
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Section 69
�Right to copies of entries
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Section 70
�Right to information
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Section 71
�Business hours of Registry
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Section 72
�Language of proceedings before Registrar
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Except as otherwise provided in the rules, and notwithstanding section 5 of the Official Languages Ordinance (Cap 5), the official language in which an application for registration of a design is filed shall be used as the language of proceedings in all proceedings before the Registrar under this Ordinance.
Section 73
�Exercise of Registrar’s discretionary powers
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Without prejudice to any rule of law, the Registrar shall give any party to a proceeding before him an opportunity of being heard before exercising adversely to that party any discretion vested in the Registrar by this Ordinance or the rules.
Section 74
�Immunity of Registrar as regards official acts
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Neither the Registrar nor any public officer
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Section 75
�Recognition of agents
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Section 76
�Correction of errors in filed documents
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Section 77
�Designs relevant for defence purposes
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(1) Where, either before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, an application for registration of a design has been made and it appears to the Registrar that the design is one of a class notified to him by the Secretary of State as relevant for defence purposes, the Registrar may give directions for prohibiting or restricting the publication of information with respect to the design, or the communication of such information to any person or class of persons specified in the directions.
shall not be open to public inspection in the Registry during the continuance in force of the directions.
(3) Where the Registrar gives such directions, he shall give notice of the application of the directions to the Secretary of State, and thereupon the following provisions shall have effect-
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(4) In this section, “Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry of the United Kingdom.
Section 78
�Forfeited articles
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Nothing in this Ordinance affects the right of the Government or any person deriving title directly or indirectly from the Government to dispose of or use articles forfeited under the law relating to customs or excise.
Section 79
�General power to make rules
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(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) , rules made under this section may make provision
(a) �in connection with applications for registration of designs and other documents which may be filed with the Registrar
(iii) �prescribing the manner of filing of any such documents;
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may authorize the extension or further extension of any period of time notwithstanding that the period has already expired.
(5) Rules made under this section prescribing fees (including any penalty fee required by rules made under section 2(2)(b) ) shall not be made except with the consent of the Financial Secretary.
levels that provide for the recovery of expenditure incurred or likely to be incurred by the Government or other authority in the exercise of any or all functions under this Ordinance, and shall not be limited by reference to the amount of administrative or other costs incurred or likely to be incurred in the exercise of any particular function.
(7) Rules may be made under this section providing for arrangements to be made by the Registrar for the publication of reports of decisions or orders made by the Registrar under this Ordinance or decisions or orders relating to designs made by any court or body (whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere).
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Section 80 Rules relating to applications for registration
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(a) | a statement describing the representation of the design; |
(b) | a statement describing the features of the design which the applicant considers to be |
new; | |
(c) | the classification of the articles to which the design is intended to be applied, according |
to any class or sub-class specified by the rules; and | |
(d) | a specimen or sample of the article to which the design reproduced in the representation |
is applied. |
Section 81 Rules relating to registration of designs, etc.
Section 82 Rules relating to language of proceedings
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Section 83
�Regulations
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Remarks:
Amendments retroactively made—see 22 of 1999 s. 3
The Chief Executive in Council may make regulations- (Amended 22 of 1999 s. 3)
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Section 84
�Registrar may specify forms to be used
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Section 85
�Falsification of Register, etc.
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Any person who makes or causes to be made a false entry in the Register, or a writing falsely purporting to be a copy or reproduction of an entry in the Register, or produces or tenders or causes to be produced or tendered in evidence any such writing, knowing or having reason to believe the entry or writing to be false, commits an offence and is liable
Section 86
�False representation that design is registered
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Section 87
�Misuse of title “Designs Registry”
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Any person who uses on his place of business, or on any document issued by him, or otherwise, the words “Designs Registry” or any other words suggesting that his place of business is, or is officially connected with, the Registry, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 4.
Section 88
�Contravention of directions given under Section 77
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Any person who contravenes a direction given by the Registrar under section 77 commits an offence and is liable
Section 89
�Offences by corporations or partners
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Section 90
�Interpretation
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Expanded Cross Reference: 91 , 92 , 93
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Section 92
�Renewal of registration
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(3) The application referred to in subsection (2) shall—
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(4) Section 28(3) , (4) and (5) applies to any further renewal of the period of registration of a design deemed by section 91 to be registered under this Ordinance.
Section 93
�Restrictions on remedies
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Section 94 (Omitted as spent)
(Omitted as spent)
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Section 95 (Omitted as spent)
(Omitted as spent)
Section 96
�Repeal and savings
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shall, if in force on the commencement of this Ordinance, and so far as it could have been done under this Ordinance, continue in force and have effect as if done under the corresponding provisions of this Ordinance.
(3) A reference in any document to the United Kingdom Designs (Protection) Ordinance (Cap 44) shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to this Ordinance.
[sections 2 & 83]
Countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain (Added L.N. 340 of 1998)
Bangladesh
Barbados
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Belarus Belgium Benin Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana (Added L.N. 340 of 1998) Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia (Added L.N. 340 of 1998) Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Cote d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe (Added L.N. 340 of 1998)
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Democratic Republic of the Congo (Added L.N. 340 of 1998) Denmark Dominican Republic Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada (Added L.N. 340 of 1998) Guatemala (Added L.N. 340 of 1998) Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Holy See Honduras Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan (Added L.N. 340 of 1998) Kenya Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Monaco Mongolia
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Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Republic of Mozambique (Added L.N. 340 of 1998) Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore Slovak Republic (Added L.N. 340 of 1998)
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Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Viet Nam
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Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe
Countries territories and areas which have acceded to the World Trade Organization Agreement (not including countries which have acceded to the Paris Convention) Angola Antigua and Barbuda Belize Brunei Darussalam Djibouti Dominica Ecuador European Community Fiji India Jamaica Kuwait Macau Maldives Myanmar Namibia Pakistan Papua New Guinea Qatar Soloman Islands Thailand (Amended L.N. 340 of 1998)