Cap. 417 чл. 99Acts of agent or representative.

(1) The following provisions apply where an application for registration of a design is made by a person who is an agent or representative of a person who is the proprietor of the design in a

Convention country.

(2) The proprietor may by sworn application before the First Hall of the Civil Court:

(a) demand a declaration of invalidity of the registration, or

(b) demand the rectification of the register in order to substitute his name as the proprietor of the register design.

(3) The proprietor may restrain any use of the design in Malta which is not authorised by him.

(4) Subarticles (2) and (3) shall not apply if, or to the extent that, the agent or representative shows that his actions were authorised by the proprietor.

(5) An application under subarticle (2) must be made within three years of the proprietor becoming aware of the registration; and no order may be made under subarticle (3) in respect of a use in which the proprietor has not taken action for a continuous period of three years or more.