Designs Practice Notice 3/03: Dividing-out design applications
Dividing-out design applications
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To be registrable, an application must be for 바카라 사이트˜a design바카라 사이트™ (Section 1(1)).
The design should be shown applied to, or incorporated in, a product or products (Rule 14, and Section 4 of the application form), but the scope of protection is not limited to the product or products shown.
If the examiner decides that more than one design is shown in the application, they will raise a 바카라 사이트˜divide-out바카라 사이트™ request under Section 3B(3) asking the applicant to exclude the additional design or designs, leaving only one design as the subject of the application. This is referred to as the 바카라 사이트˜parent바카라 사이트™ application.
The additional design or designs (the 바카라 사이트˜child바카라 사이트™ applications) can be re-submitted as separate applications (with a separate fee for each), but they will be linked with the parent and given the same registration and renewal dates.