Notes on Publication of Information

Publication of international registrations

1. International registrations are published in English, French and Spanish, the language of the international application appearing first, followed by the translations in italics (Information Notice No. 10/2009). With issue No. 2012/1, the International Designs Bulletin changed from a monthly to a weekly publication (Information Notice No. 15/2011).

2. The publication of international registrations is effected under the heading "Registrations (1960 and 1999 Acts)" (in issues Nos. 2010/1-2011/12 of the Bulletin, international registrations will be found under the heading "International Registrations" and in pre-2010 issues under one of the following two headings: "International Registrations Resulting from International Applications Governed Exclusively or Partly by the 1999 Act and/or the 1960 Act" and "International Registrations Resulting from International Applications Governed Exclusively by the 1934 Act" (Information Notice No. 9/2009 , on the freezing of the 1934 Act as from January 1, 2010)).

3. In the case of international registrations resulting from international applications governed exclusively or partly by the 1999 Act and/or the 1960 Act, reproductions of the designs are also published in this Bulletin. If the international registration includes more than one design, each of them is identified by a different number. Where the same industrial design is represented from different angles, the numbering consists of two figures separated by a dot (e.g. 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc., for the first industrial design; 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, etc., for the second industrial design; and so on). In the case of international registrations resulting from international applications governed exclusively by the 1934 Act, there is no provision for publication of reproductions of the designs.

4. International registrations resulting from international applications governed exclusively or partly by the 1999 Act and/or the 1960 Act necessarily have effect in at least one Contracting Party designated under the 1999 Act or the 1960 Act, and may, additionally, have effect in Contracting Parties designated under the 1934 Act. These Contracting Parties are expressly mentioned, for each international registration, after the code number (81) (Contracting Parties concerned); under I appear the names of the Contracting Parties designated under the 1934 Act, under II those of the Contracting Parties designated under the 1960 Act, and under III those of the Contracting Parties designated under the 1999 Act.

5. International registrations resulting from international applications governed exclusively by the 1934 Act have effect exclusively in Contracting Parties that have been designated under the 1934 Act. These Contracting Parties are mentioned, in respect of each international registration, under code number (81) (Designated Contracting Parties), under I (Contracting Parties designated under the 1934 Act).

6. The classification indicated after the abbreviation "Cl." (code (51)) corresponds to the classes and subclasses of the International Classification for Industrial Designs set up by the Locarno Agreement of October 8, 1968.

Codes used for the presentation of bibliographic data

7. The bibliographic data in respect of international designs are identified by the WIPO INID codes (INID stands for "Internationally agreed Numbers for the Identification of Data"), that is, the codes of Standard ST.80 ("Recommendation concerning bibliographic data relating to industrial designs") and Standard ST.3 ("Recommended standard two-letter code for the representation of States, other entities and international organizations issuing or registering industrial property titles"). The dates are given in standardized DD.MM.YYYY format.

8. The various codes used in the Bulletin and the bibliographic data to which they relate are given below, together with certain special layout features, for each of the headings of the publication.

International registrations

(11) International registration number.

(15) Date of the international registration.

(21) Application number (WIPO reference).

(22) Filing date.

(73) Name and address of the holder(s).

(86) Contracting Party of which the holder is a national; where there are several holders, the order of the Contracting Parties listed corresponds to the order of the holders given under (73), "- -" indicating the absence of such a Contracting Party with respect to a given holder.

(87) Contracting Party in the territory of which the holder has a domicile; where there are several holders, the order of the Contracting Parties listed corresponds to the order of the holders given under (73), "- -" indicating the absence of such a Contracting Party with respect to a given holder.

(88) Contracting Party in the territory of which the holder has an industrial or commercial establishment; where there are several holders, the order of the Contracting Parties listed corresponds to the order of the holders given under (73), "- -" indicating the absence of such a Contracting Party with respect to a given holder.

(85) Contracting Party to the 1999 Act in the territory of which the holder has a habitual residence; where there are several holders, the order of the Contracting Parties listed corresponds to the order of the holders given under (73), "- -" indicating the absence of such a Contracting Party with respect to a given holder.

(89) "Applicant's Contracting Party"; where there are several holders, the order of the Contracting Parties listed corresponds to the order of the holders given under (73).

(74) Name and address of the representative.

(72) Name and address of the creator of design(s), preceded by the respective design number(s) where the creator(s) is(are) identified only for some of the designs.

(28) Number of designs included in the international registration.

(51) Class and subclass of the Locarno Classification.

(54) Indication of product(s), preceded by the corresponding design number(s).

(55) Legend(s) to indicate a specific view of the product, preceded by the corresponding design number and reproduction numbers.

(57) Description of the characteristic features of the design(s), or matter for which protection is not sought.

(82) Statements contained in the international application, followed by the two-letter code identifying the Contracting Party concerned:

1. Statements under Rule 8(2) that: "(i) the person indicated in the international application as the creator of the industrial design believes himself to be so and (ii), where the person so identified is a person other than the applicant, the international application has been assigned by the creator to the applicant."
2. Declaration under Section 408(c) that: "The applicant claims to benefit from exceptional treatments provided for in the applicable laws of the designated Contracting Parties concerned for disclosure of [all] the [following] industrial designs included in the present application."
3. Claim, as notified pursuant to Article 5(2)(a) and (b)(iii).

(27) Kind of international registration (open/sealed) 

(81) Designated Contracting Parties:

1. Contracting Parties designated under the 1934 Act;
2. Contracting Parties designated under the 1960 Act;
3. Contracting Parties designated under the 1999 Act.

(30) Data relating to priority claim under the Paris Convention: date of the earlier filing and, where available, number of that filing, followed by the two-letter code identifying the authority with which it was made, all preceded by the numbers of the designs concerned where the claim does not relate to all designs.

(23) International exhibition; name and place of the exhibition, and date on which the designs were first exhibited there, all preceded by the numbers of the designs concerned where the declaration does not relate to all designs.

(66) Data relating to the main design or to the principal design: the numbers of the designs (in the present international registration) to be considered as designs related to the principal design (if only one or some of the designs contained in the present international registration should be considered as such), followed by the indication of the main design or the principal design (the data relating to the principal design consists of the reference – the current application, the number of the national or international application or registration concerned, or applicant’s reference, as the case may be, and the number of the principal design if the application or registration concerned contains more than one design), all preceded by the Contracting Party concerned.

(46) Date of publication, and if applicable, date of expiration of deferment. This code is displayed only when ‘publication at a chosen time’ (or for applications filed on or before December 31, 2021, ‘deferment of publication’) was selected at the time of filing.

Renewals

(11) International registration number.

(15) Date of renewal, followed by:

• "1R": first renewal, that is, renewal for a second five-year period;
• "2R": second renewal, that is, renewal for a third five-year period, etc.

(73) Name and address of the holder.

(81) Designated Contracting Parties:

1. Contracting Parties designated under the 1934 Act;
2. Contracting Parties designated under the 1960 Act;
3. Contracting Parties designated under the 1999 Act.

(53) Numbers of the designs concerned (if the renewal is partial in respect of the designs).

Non renewed registrations

(11) International registration number.

Changes in ownership

(11) International registration number(s).

(73) Name and address of the previous holder.

(68) Number, in bold type together with a capital letter, of the assigned part of the international registration, where the change in ownership is partial.

(78) Name and address of the new holder, in bold type.

(86) Contracting Party of which the new holder is a national; where there are several new holders, the order of the Contracting Parties listed corresponds to the order of the holders given under (73), "- -" indicating the absence of such a Contracting Party with respect to a given holder.

(87) Contracting Party in the territory of which the new holder has a domicile; where there are several new holders, the order of the Contracting Parties listed corresponds to the order of the holders given under (73), "- -" indicating the absence of such a Contracting Party with respect to a given holder.

(88) Contracting Party in the territory of which the new holder has an industrial or commercial establishment; where there are several new holders, the order of the Contracting Parties listed corresponds to the order of the holders given under (73), "- -" indicating the absence of such a Contracting Party with respect to a given holder.

(85) Contracting Party to the 1999 Act in the territory of which the new holder has a habitual residence; where there are several new holders, the order of the Contracting Parties listed corresponds to the order of the holders given under (73), "- -" indicating the absence of such a Contracting Party with respect to a given holder.

(81) Contracting Parties concerned (if the change in ownership is partial in respect of the designated Contracting Parties):

1. Contracting Parties designated under the 1934 Act;
2. Contracting Parties designated under the 1960 Act;
3. Contracting Parties designated under the 1999 Act.

(53) Numbers of the designs concerned (if the change in ownership is partial in respect of the designs).

(74) Name and address of the representative of the new holder.

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.

Declarations that a change in ownership has no effect

(11) Number of the international registration, followed by a link to a copy of the declaration that a change in ownership has no effect.

(81) Designated Contracting Party which made the declaration.

(73) Name and address of the previous holder.

(68) Number of the assigned part of the international registration, where applicable.

(69) Number of the international registration resulting from a merger, where a partial change in ownership has been recorded (either in respect of some designs only and/or some designated Contracting Parties only), where applicable.

(78) Name of the new holder of the international registration following the declaration that a change in ownership has no effect, in bold type. 

(53) Number(s) of the design(s) affected by the declaration that a change in ownership has no effect, where this declaration is partial in respect of some designs only.

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.

Withdrawals of declarations that a change in ownership has no effect

(11) Number of the International registration followed by a link to a copy of the withdrawal of a declaration that a change in ownership has no effect.

(81) Designated Contracting Party which withdrew the declaration that a change in ownership has no effect.

(73) Name and address of the previous holder.

(68) Number of the assigned part of the international registration following the withdrawal of the declaration that a change in ownership has no effect, where applicable.

(69) Number of the international registration resulting from a merger following the withdrawal of a declaration that a change in ownership has no effect, where applicable.

(78) Name of the new holder, in bold type.

(53) Number(s) of the design(s) affected by the withdrawal of the declaration that a change in ownership has no effect, where applicable.

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.

Mergers of international registrations

(11) International registration number(s).

(69) Number, in bold type, of the international registration resulting from the merger, together, where applicable, with a capital letter.

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.

Changes in the name/address of the holder

(11) International registration number(s).

(73) New name and/or new address of the holder, in bold type.

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.

Changes in the name/address of the representative

(11) International registration number(s).

(74) New name and address of the representative, in bold type.

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.

Appointments of representatives

(11) International registration number(s).

(73) Name and address of the holder(s).

(74) Name and address of the new representative, in bold type.

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.

Cancellations of recording of appointments of representatives

(11) International registration number(s).

(74) Name and address of the representative whose recording has been cancelled.

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.

Renunciations

(11) International registration number(s).

(81) Designated Contracting Parties for which the registration was renounced where the renunciation is partial.

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.

Limitations

(11) International registration number(s).

(81) Contracting Parties concerned by the limitation where the limitation is partial in respect of the designated Contracting Parties.

(53) Numbers of the designs excluded from the international registration.

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.

Refusals

(11) International registration number, followed by a link to a copy of the notification of refusal.

(81) Designated Contracting Party which pronounced the refusal.

(53) Numbers of the designs refused (in case of partial refusal).

(83) Indication regarding any possibility of review or appeal.

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.

Withdrawals of refusals

(11) International registration number, followed by a link to a copy of the notification of withdrawal of refusal.

(81) Designated Contracting Party which made the notification, followed by the date on which the refusal was withdrawn where that date was communicated to the International Bureau.

(53) Numbers of the designs in respect of which the refusal was withdrawn where the withdrawal is partial.

(24) Date on which the international registration produced the effect as a grant of protection under the applicable law.

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.

Statements of grant of protection

(11) International registration number, followed by a link to a copy of the notification of the statement of grant of protection.

(81) Designated Contracting Party which made the notification, followed by the date on which protection was granted where that date was communicated to the International Bureau.

(53) Numbers of the designs in respect of which protection has been granted where the grant is partial.

(24) Date on which the international registration produced or shall produce the effect as a grant of protection under the applicable law.

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.

Invalidations

(11) International registration number, followed by a link to a copy of the notification of invalidation.

(81) Designated Contracting Party which pronounced the invalidation, followed by its effective date where that date was communicated to the International Bureau.

(53) Numbers of the designs in respect of which the effects of the registration have been invalidated, where the invalidation is partial.

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.

Cancellation for non-payment with respect to a Contracting Party

(11) International registration number.

(81) Designated Contracting Party which requested the cancellation, due to non-payment of the second part of the individual designation fee.

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.

Corrections

(11) International registration number.

(   ) Code number of the corrected data followed by the correction, in bold type. Where a reproduction is to be corrected, the correction is introduced by the text "Reproduction(s) No(s)..." in bold type.

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.

Refusals of Corrections

(11) International registration number, followed by the Bulletin number in which the concerned correction was published, and a link to a copy of the notification of refusal of effects of a correction.

(81) Designated Contracting Party which pronounced the refusal of effects of correction.

(53) Numbers of the designs concerned (in case of partial refusal).

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.

Withdrawals of Refusals of Corrections

(11) International registration number, followed by a link to a copy of the notification of withdrawal of refusal of effects of a correction.

(81) Designated Contracting Party which made the notification, followed by the date on which the refusal was withdrawn where that date was communicated to the International Bureau.

(53) Numbers of the designs in respect of which the refusal of effects of correction was withdrawn where the withdrawal is partial.

(58) Date of recording in the International Register.