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5. Declaration of Priority
Where the design application relies upon an International Application from the
International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Office, one of the countries
designated in the International Application should be identified and the name of that
country should be entered into the space provided in Part 9 of Form D3.
Please note that the country designated in Part 9 must be a "Convention country",
that is, a country or territory, other than Singapore, which is a party to the Paris
Convention or a member of the World Trade Organisation.
6. Streamlining of procedures: Priority Documents
With effect from the 1 st January 2005, it will no longer be necessary for applicants to
lodge the supporting priority documents where priority is claimed in an application
for registration. The Registrar may however exercise her discretion and request for
priority documents to be lodged to verify the priority claim, where the need arises.
7. Date of Registration of Design
Section 20 of the Registered Designs Act relating to the date of registration has
been amended. The amended Section 20 reads:
“Date of registration
20. —(1) A design when registered shall be registered as of the date on which the
application for registration is filed, and that date shall be deemed for the purposes
of this Act to be the date of its registration.”
The amendment will be effective only in relation to applications lodged on and from
the 1 st January 2005. With effect from the 1 st January 2005 therefore, the date of
registration of a design which has a priority claim, is the date of its application at the
Registry.
8. Information contained in this Journal
The Registry of Designs does not guarantee the accuracy of its publications, data
records or advice nor accept any responsibility for errors or omissions or their
consequences. Permission to reproduce extracts from this Journal must be
obtained from the Registrar.
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