Section 12: Registration of design where application for protection in convention country has

12. Registration of design where application for protection in convention country has been made.___ (1) An application for registration of a design in respect of which protection has been applied for in a convention country may be made in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance by the person by whom the application for protection was made or by his legal representative or assignee: Provided that no application shall be made under this section after the expiration of six months from the date of the application for protection in a convention country or, where more than one such application for protection has been made, from the date of the first application. (2) A design registered on an application made under this section shall be registered as of the date of the application for protection in the convention country or, where more than one such application for protection has been made, the date of the first such application: Provided that no proceedings shall be taken in respect of any infringement committed before the date on which the certificate of registration of the design under this Ordinance is issued. (3) The applicant may withdraw the application at any time during its pendency. (4) An application for the registration of a design made under this section shall not be refused, and the registration of a design on such an application shall not be invalid, by reason only of the registration or publication of the design in Pakistan during the period specified in the proviso to sub- section (1) as that within which the application for registration may be made. CHAPTER V REGISTER OF DESIGNS, ETC.

Effective date: 2000-01-01

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