LAWS OF MALAWI Registered Designs Registered Designs Regulations 5. 6. 7. 8. Registered Designs Cap. 49:05 [Subsidiary] If the application is for the registration of a design which has already been registered in respect of one or more articles, or consists of a registered design with modifications or variations not sufficient to alter the character or substantially to affect the identity thereof, and it is desired to claim the protection of section 10 for such application, it shall contain the number or numbers of the registration or registrations already effected. (1) There shall be furnished in connection with an application to register a design for identical representations of the design, in a form satisfactory to the Registrar, or four specimens. Where representations are supplied the Registrar may at any time before registration require specimens or additional representations. (2) There shall be furnished in connection with an application for the registration of a design to be applied to a set of articles four identical representations of the design, in a form satisfactory to the Registrar, or four specimens. (3) The representations of the design to be applied to a set of articles shall show the design as applied to each different article included in the set. (1) Each representation of the design, whether to be applied to a single article or to a set of articles, shall be upon paper of the size prescribed by regulation 35 and not on cardboard and shall appear on one side only of the paper. The figure or figures shall be placed in an upright position on the sheet. When more figures than one are shown, these shall where possible be on one and the same sheet, and each shall be designated perspective view, front view, plan or otherwise, as the case may be. (2) When the representation furnished are drawings or tracings, they shall be in ink, and if on tracing cloth or tracing paper shall be mounted on paper of the size prescribed by regulation 35. (3) Where words, letters or numerals appear in the design but are not of the essence of the design, they shall be removed from the representations or specimens; where they are of the essence of the design the Registrar may require the insertion of a disclaimer of any right to their exclusive use. (4) Each representation of a design which costs of a repeating surface pattern shall show the complete pattern and a sufficient portion of the repeat in length and width, and shall not be of less size than 7 inches by 5 inches. When specimen are furnished and are not, in the Registrar’s opinion, of a kind which can be conveniently mounted in a flat position by means of an adhesive upon paper, or by stitching on linen-backed sheets of paper of the size prescribed by regulation 35 and stored without damage to other documents, representations shall be furnished in place of specimens. Application for registration under section 10 Representations of specimens to be furnished with application Preparation of representations In certain cases representations to be furnished in place of specimens 31