Industrial Designs Act, 2001

Information as to existence of right in registered design.

40.—On the request of a person furnishing any information to enable the Controller to identify the design, and on payment of the prescribed fee, the Controller shall inform that person—

(a) whether the design is registered and, if so, the class in which it is registered,

(b) whether any disclaimers, memoranda or declarations of partial invalidity of the design right have been registered, and

(c) whether an extension of the period for which the design right in the design shall subsist has been granted,

and shall state the date of registration and name and address of the registered proprietor.