Cap. 417 Art. 75Exclusive rights conferred by the design right.

(1) The registration of a design shall confer on its holder the exclusive right to use it and to prevent any third party not having his consent from using it. The aforementioned use shall cover, in particular, the making, offering, putting on the market, importation, export or use of a product in which the design is incorporated or to which it is applied, or stocking such a product for such purposes.

(2) Any reference in this Act to the infringement of a registered design shall be deemed to be a reference to any such infringement of the rights of the proprietor.

(3) The rights of the proprietor have effect from the date of registration reckoned in accordance with article 95(3): Provided that -

(a) no infringement proceedings may be begun before the date on which the design is in fact registered, and

(b) no offence under article 117 shall be committed by anything done before the date of publication of the registration.