Cap. 417 Art. 101Maintenance and content of register.

(1)(a)The Comptroller shall maintain a register of designs.

(b) Reference in Parts XVIII to XXIV this Act to "the register" are to that register; and references to registration, in particular, in the expression "registered design", are, unless the context otherwise requires, to registration in that register.

(2) There shall be entered in the register in accordance with this Act:

(a) registered designs;

(b) the relevant particulars of registrable transactions affecting a registered design, including:

(i) the date of registration as determined in accordance with articles 89 and 95,

(ii) the priority date (if any) to be accorded pursuant to a claim to a right to priority made under article 91 or 92,

(iii) the name and address of the proprietor, and

(c) in the case of an assignment of a registered design:

(i) the name and address of the assignee, and

(ii) the date of the assignment;

(d) in the case of the grant of a licence under a registered design:

(i) the name and address of the licensee,

(ii) where the licence is limited, a description of the limitation,

(iii) where the licence is an exclusive licence, that fact,

(iv) the duration of the licence if the same is or is ascertainable as a definite period, and

(v) the date on which the entry is made;

(e) in the case of a court or other competent authority transferring a registered design:

(i) the name and address of the transferee,

(ii) the date of the order, and

(iii) the date on which the entry is made;

(f) in the case of a transfer of a registered design by testamentary disposition, or otherwise by inheritance:

(i) the name and address of the person in whose favour the testamentary disposition is made, or the inheritance devolves if any, and

(ii) the date of the testamentary disposition if any, and of the death of the previous holder;

(g) in the case of merger, the requirements specified for the registration of an assignment; and

(h) such other matters relating to registered designs as the Comptroller may deem necessary.