• Designs Act No. 195 of 1993
• Act
• 1. Definitions
• 2. Application of Act
• 3. State bound
• 4. Continuation of designs office
• 5. Seal of designs office
• 6. Registrar of designs
• 7. Register of designs
• 8. Inspection of register
• 9. Registrar to furnish information from register on request
• 10. Publication in journal
• 11. Powers of registrar
• 12. Excercise of discretionary power by registrar
• 13. Representation
• 14. Application for registration
• 15. Registration of design
• 16. Refusal of application
• 17. Disclosure without proprietor's knowledge or consent
• 18. Certificate of registration
• 19. Inspection by public
• 20. Effect of registration of design
• 21. Compulsory licence in case of abuse of rights
• 22. Duration of registration
• 23. Restoration of lapsed registration
• 24. Compensation arising from restoration
• 25. Joint ownership of registered design
• 26. Correction of clerical errors and amendment of documents
• 27. Amendment of application for registration, and of registration, of design
• 28. Rectification of register
• 29. Assignment and devolution by operation of law
• 30. Assignment of rights in and attachment or hypothecation of registered designs
• 31. Grounds for application for revocation of registration of design
• 32. Registration comprising more than one design
• 33. After revocation on ground of fraud proprietor may in certain circumstances again register design
• 34. Voluntary surrender of registered design
• 35. Proceedings for infringement
• 36. Declaration as to non-infringement
• 37. Remedy for groundless threats of infringement proceedings
• 38. Special provisions as to vessels, aircraft and land vehicles of convention countries
• 39. Register to be evidence
• 40. Certificates of registrar to be prima facie evidence
• 41. Certification of validity
• 42. Appeal to court
• 43. Proclamations as to convention countries
• 44. Registration of design where application for ...
• 45. Extension of time for applications in certain cases
• 46. Minister may require designs to be kept secret in certain circumstances
• 47. Penalties for making false entries in register, or making, producing or tendering false entries or copies
• 48. Penalties for making false statements for purpose of deceiving or influencing registrar or officer
• 49. Penalties for certain false representations
• 50. Documents may be sent by post
• 51. Address for service
• 52. Calculation of periods of time
• 53. Condonation or correction of irregularities in procedure
• 54. Regulations
• 55. Repeal of laws
• 56. Short tiltle and commencement
• Regulations
  • Designs Regulations, 1999
    • Notice No. R843 of 1999
    • 1. Definitions
    • 1A. Electronic services
    • 2. Office hours
    • 3. Fees
    • 4. Forms
    • 5. Appointment of agent
    • 6. Address and address for service
    • 7. 
    • 8. The register and indexes
    • 9. Classification
    • 10. Documents
    • 11. Completion and signature of documents
    • 12. Application for registration
    • 13. 
    • 14. 
    • 15. 
    • 16. 
    • 17. Applications in terms of section 44 of the Act
    • 18. Representations
    • 19. 
    • 20. 
    • 21. 
    • 22. 
    • 23. Late lodging of documents
    • 24. Requests and applications to the registrar
    • 25. Procedure on receipt of application
    • 26. 
    • 27. 
    • 28. 
    • 29. 
    • 30. Registration and notice of registration
    • 31. Publication of registration
    • 32. Non-finalisation
    • 33. Death of applicant or owner
    • 34. Renewal
    • 35. Restoration
    • 36. Procedure on opposition
    • 37. Title to and interest in design applications and registrations
    • 38. 
    • 39. 
    • 40. 
    • 41. Alteration, correction and rectification, and amendment
    • 42. Voluntary surrender
    • 43. Application for revocation
    • 44. 
    • 45. 
    • 46. Discretionary power
    • 47. Extension of time
    • 48. Certificates
    • 49. Inspection
    • 50. Repeal of Regulations
    • 51. Commencement
  • Schedules
    • Schedule 1 : Fees
    • Schedule 2 : Forms
      • Schedule 2 : Form D1
      • Schedule 2 : Form D2
      • Schedule 2 : Form D3
      • Schedule 2 : Form D4
      • Schedule 2 : Form D5
      • Schedule 2 : Form D6
      • Schedule 2 : Form D7
      • Schedule 2 : Form D8
      • Schedule 2 : Form D9
      • Schedule 2 : Form D10
      • Schedule 2 : Form D11
      • Schedule 2 : Form D12
      • Schedule 2 : Form D13
      • Schedule 2 : Form D14
      • Schedule 2 : Form D15
      • Schedule 2 : Form D16
      • Schedule 2 : Form D17
      • Schedule 2 : Form D18
    • Schedule 3 : Classification
      • Class 1 Foodstuffs
      • Class 2 Articles of clothing and haberdashery
      • Class 3 Travel goods, cases, parasols and personal belongings, not elsewhere specified
      • Class 4 Brushware
      • Class 5 Textile piecegood articles, artificial and natural sheet material
      • Class 6 Furnishing
      • Class 7 Household goods, not elsewhere specified
      • Class 8 Tools and hardware
      • Class 9 Packages and containers for the transport or handling of goods
      • Class 10 Clocks and watches, and other measuring instruments, checking and signalling instruments
      • Class 11 Articles of adornment
      • Class 12 Means of transport or hoisting
      • Class 13 Equipment for production, distribution or transformation of electricity
      • Class 14 Recording, communication or information retrieval equipment
      • Class 15 Machines, not elsewhere specified
      • Class 16 Photographic, cinematographic and optical apparatus
      • Class 17 Musical instruments
      • Class 18 Printing and office machinery
      • Class 19 Stationery and office equipment, artists' and teaching materials
      • Class 20 Sales and advertising equipment, signs
      • Class 21 Games, toys, tents and sports goods
      • Class 22 Arms, pyrotechnic articles, articles for hunting, fishing and pest killing
      • Class 23 Fluid distribution equipment, sanitary, heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment, solid fuel
      • Class 24 Medical and laboratory equipment
      • Class 25 Building units and construction elements
      • Class 26 Lighting apparatus
      • Class 27 Tobacco and smokers' supplies
      • Class 28 Pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, toilet articles and apparatus
      • Class 29 Devices and equipment against fire hazards, for accident prevention and for rescue
      • Class 30 Articles for the care and handling of animals
      • Class 31 Machines and appliances for preparing food or drink, not elsewhere specified
      • Class 99 Miscellaneous