c) The filing date of an application for registration of a layout-design shall be the earliest date on
which the application contains at least the following:
i.
an express or implicit request that registration of a layout-design is sought;
ii.
indications allowing the identity of the applicant to be established or allowing the applicant
to be contacted;
iii.
a reproduction of the layout-design for which registration is sought.
d) Where the application does not comply with the requirements of subsection (b), the Registrar shall
notify the applicant of the defects through the Deputy Director of the Industrial Property
Department and invite him/her to correct them within two months. If the defects are not corrected
within the time limit, the application shall be deemed not to have been filed.
e) With respect to compliance with subsection (c), if the Deputy Director of the Industrial Property
Department finds that the application did not fulfill, at the time of receipt, the requirements, he/she
shall notify the applicant through the Director General inviting him/her to file the required
correction within two months from the date of notification. If the correction is made in due time,
the filing date shall be the date of receipt of the required correction; otherwise the application shall
be treated as if it had not been filed.
f) If the prescribed fee was not paid at the time of filing, the Director General shall notify the
applicant that the application will be deemed not to have been filed unless payment is made within
one month from the date of the notification. If the application fee is not paid within that time limit,
the application shall be deemed not to have been filed.
§14.7. Registration and Publication
a) Where the application complies with the requirements of Section 14.6 the Registrar shall register
the layout-design in the register of layout-designs without examination of the originality of the
layout-design, the applicant‟s entitlement to protection or the facts stated in the application.
b) The register of layout-designs shall contain the number, title, filing date and, where indicated in
the application under Section 14.6 (b) (iii), the date of first commercial exploitation, anywhere in
the world, of the layout-design as well as the name and address of the right holder and other
prescribed particulars.
c) Any person may consult the register of layout-designs and obtain extracts therefrom, subject to the
payment of the prescribed fee.
d) The registration of a layout-design shall be published in the prescribed manner.
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