Designs Act, 1993 (Act No. 195 of 1993)7. Register of designs |
| (1) | There shall be kept at the designs office a register in which shall be entered— |
| (a) | the names and addresses of applicants for the registration of designs and of persons to whom registration has been granted and the classification of such designs according to subject matter; and |
| (b) | such other particulars as may be prescribed. |
| (2) | Copies of all deeds, agreements, licences and other documents affecting any registered design or application for the registration of a design which are required to be recorded in the register, shall be supplied to the registrar in the prescribed manner for filing in the designs office. |
| (3) | The registrar shall maintain at the designs office such indexes in relation to particulars entered in the register in terms of subsection (1) as may be prescribed. |
| (4) | The register kept in terms of section 9 (1) of the repealed Act shall be incorporated with and form part of the register to be kept under this section, and all copies of deeds, agreements, licences and other documents supplied to the registrar in terms of section 9 of the repealed Act shall be deemed to have been supplied to the registrar in terms of subsection (2). |
| (5) | The register shall consist of a Part A with regard to aesthetic designs and a Part F with regard to functional designs. |
| (6) | The existing register shall be deemed to form part of Part A of the register. |