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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Designs Act, 2000 Section 12

Restoration of Lapsed Designs

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Designs Act, 2000 Section 12 is part of Designs Act, 2000 - Restoration of Lapsed Designs. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) Where a design has ceased to have effect by reason of failure to pay the fee for the extension of copyright under sub-section (2) of section 11, the proprietor of such design or his legal representative and where the design was held by two or more persons jointly, then, with the leave of the Controller one or more of them without joining the others, may, within one year from the date on which the design ceased to have effect, make an application for the restoration of the design in the prescribed manner on payment of such fee as may be prescribed.

(2) An application under this section shall contain a statement, verified in the prescribed manner, fully setting out the circumstances, which led to the failure to pay the prescribed fee, and the Controller may require from the applicant.

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What does Designs Act, 2000 Section 12 provide?

Section Section 12 of the Designs Act, 2000 (Restoration of Lapsed Designs) is reproduced on this page as part of the Designs Act, 2000. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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