- ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
- PART I: PRELIMINARY
- PART II: REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
- 3. Fees set out. Schedule I
- 4. Currency
- 5. Excess fee
- 6. Fee refund
- 7. Refund of advance fee
- 8. Payment of fees
- 9. Cheques
- 10. Form required.Schedule II.
- 11. Replacing documents.Schedule II
- 12. Paper requirements
- 13. Page requirements
- 14. Language of documents
- 15. Graphics requirements
- 16. Folds, breaks, etc.
- 17. Photographs
- 18. Rules about specimens
- PART III CORRESPONDENCE AND TIME LIMITS
- 19. Communicating with Office
- 20. Mode of Communication
- 21. Communicating from Office
- 22. Mutiple applicants
- 23. Limited correspondents
- 24. Address and presumption
- 25. Address for service
- 26. Filing Time
- 27. Replacement ofcorrespondence
- 28. Interruption of mail
- 29. Fixing time limits
- 30. Changing time limits
- PART IV: JOINT APPLICANTS, OWNERS AND DESIGNERS
- PART V: MISCELLANEOUS
- SCHEDULE I (Regulation 3)
- SCHEDULE II (Regulation 10)
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PART III CORRESPONDENCE AND TIME LIMITS Correspondence
Communicating with Office. Mode of communication. Communicating from Office.
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the Government of Belize. PART IV JOINT APPLICANT, OWNERS AND DESIGNERS Joint Applicants and Owners 33. Changes of designers‘ names.
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34. Creators not applying. PART V MISCELLANEOUS SCHEDULE II
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(Section 28) [3rd February, 2001.]
PART I PRELIMINARY
1. These regulations may be cited as the
2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires _____ —applicant“ means a person for whom an application is made; —application“ means an application for registration of an industrial design; —Office“ means the Intellectual Property Office; —Registrar“ means the Registrar of Intellectual Property appointed under
section 4 of the Patents Act.
PART II REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS Fees
3. The fees to be paid under the Act and these Regulations are those fixed in Schedule I.
16 of 2001 Act 13 of 2000.
Short title.
Interpretation.
CAP. 253.
Fees set out. Schedule I.
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Currency.
Excess fee.
Fee refund.
Refund of advance fee.
Payment of fees.
Cheques.
Form required.
Schedule II. 10. (1) In submitting a document to the Office for any purpose, the person submitting the document must use the form set out in Schedule II that is appropriate for the purpose, but the form may be modified in such
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manner as is necessary in the circumstances.
(2) In submitting a document to the Office, one copy only of the document need be submitted. 13. (1) The pages of documents, other than graphic representations must be numbered consecutively, preferably at the top of the page.
(2) Page margins must be not less than 2 centimeters.
(3) Except for graphic representations, pages must be typed or printed, preferably with one and a half spacing or double spacing.
14. (1) An application must be in English.
(2) Until he is provided with a translation verified by affidavit,
Replacing documents. Schedule II.
Paper requirements.
Page requirements.
Language of documents.
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the Registrar may refuse to take cognizance of any document that is not in English.
Graphics 15. The graphic representations in an application must meet the requirements.
following requirements
Time Limits
Joint Designers
SCHEDULE I
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INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS REGULATIONS.
Forms
Photographs, Drawings and Specimens