Industrial Designs Act, 2001

Application for registration of design as a property right.

22.—(1) An application for the registration of a design shall be personal property.

(2) Sections 18, 41, 76, 77 and 78 shall apply, with the necessary modifications, in relation to an application for the registration of a design as they apply in relation to a design right.

(3) In section 41 insofar as it applies in relation to a transaction affecting an application for the registration of a design, the references to the entry of particulars in the Register, and to the making of an application to register particulars, shall be construed as references to the giving of notice to the Controller of those particulars.

(4) The Minister shall prescribe a procedure to be followed subsequent to the giving of the notice specified in subsection (3).