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First published in the Government Gazette, Electronic Edition, on 6 October 2017 at 5 pm.
No. S 575
REGISTERED DESIGNS ACT (CHAPTER 266)
REGISTERED DESIGNS (INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION)
(AMENDMENT) RULES 2017
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 64A and 74 of the Registered Designs Act, the Minister for Law, after consulting with the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1. These Rules are the Registered Designs (International Registration) (Amendment) Rules 2017 and come into operation on 30 October 2017.
Amendment of rule 4
2. Rule 4(2) of the Registered Designs (International Registration) Rules 2005 (G.N. No. S 177/2005) (called in these Rules the principal Rules) is amended by deleting the words “rules 7, 13 to 21 and 23 to 28” and substituting the words “rules 7 and 13 to 28”.
Amendment of rule 13
3. Rule 13(2) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the word “article” wherever it appears in sub‑paragraph (a) and substituting in each case the words “article or non‑physical product”.
Deletion of Part III
4. Part III of the principal Rules is deleted.
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Amendment of rule 21
5. Rule 21(3) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “13 to 21, 23 to 29,” and substituting the words “13 to 29,”.
Saving and transitional provisions
6.—(1) Despite rule 3, rule 13(2) of the principal Rules as in force immediately before 30 October 2017 continues to apply to or in relation to a protected international design (Singapore), if both of the following apply to the international registration designating Singapore the subject of which is the protected international design (Singapore):
(a) the international application for the international registration was made before that date;
(b) the request, in respect of the international registration, for extension of protection to Singapore under the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement, was made before that date.
(2) Despite rule 4, Part III of the principal Rules as in force immediately before 30 October 2017 continues to apply to or in relation to an international registration designating Singapore, if both of the following apply:
(a) the international application for the international registration was made before that date;
(b) the request, in respect of the international registration, for extension of protection to Singapore under the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement, was made before that date.
[G.N. No. S 741/2014]
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Made on 5 October 2017.
NG HOW YUE Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Law, Singapore.
[LAW 18/001/005 Vol. 3; AG/LEGIS/SL/266/2015/2 Vol. 1]