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Designs. The registration of and rights in designs are governed by the Patents and Designs Act, 1907, as amended by the Patents and Designs Acts,1919, 1928 and 1932 (cited as the Patents and Designs Acts, 1907 to 1932), and the Patent Rules, 1932 S. R. & O. 1932, No. 873.'Design' means only the features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament applied to any article by any industrial process or means, whether manual, mechanical, or chemical, separate or combined, which in the finished article appeal to and are judged solely by the eye; but does not include any mode or principle of construction, or which is in substance a mere mechanical device (s. 19, Act of 1919).And s. 49 of the principal Act (Act of 1919) (English), as amended, provides as follows:--49.--(1) The comptroller may, on the application made in the prescribed form and manner of any person claiming to be the proprietor of any new or original design not previously published in the United Kingdom, register the design und...
Propreitor of a new or original design
Propreitor of a new or original design, 'propreitor of a new or original design',--(i) where the author of the design, for good consideration, executes the work for some other person, means the person for whom the design is so executed;(ii) where any person acquires the design or the right to apply the design to any article, either exclusively of any other person or otherwise, means, in the respect and to the extent in and to which the design or right has been so acquired, the person by whom the design or right is so acquired; and(iii) in any other case, means the author of the design;and where the property in or the right to apply, the design has devolved from the original proprietor upon any other person, includes that other person. [Designs Act, 2000 (16 of 2000) s. 2(j)]...
Proprietor of a new or original design
Proprietor of a new or original design, (i) where the author of the design, for good consideration, executes the work for some other person, means the person for whom the design in so executed; (ii) where any person acquires the design or the right to apply the design to any article, either exclusively of any other person or otherwise, means, in the respect and to the extent in and to which the design or right has been so acquired, the person by whom the design or right is so acquired; and (iii) in any other case, means the author of the design; and where the property in or the right to apply the design has devolved from the original proprietor upon any other person, includes that other person. [Designs Act, 2000, s. 2(j)]...
British design
British design, means a design which qualifies for design right protection by reason of a connection with the United Kingdom of the designer or the person by whom the design is commissioned, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 9(2), 4th Edn., Para 488, p. 336....
Design
Design, means only the features of shape, configuration, pattern, ornament or composition of lines or colours applied to any article whether in two dimensional or three dimensional or in both forms, by any industrial process or means, whether manual, mechanical or chemical, separate or combined, which in the finished article appeal to and are judged solely by the eye; but does not include any mode or principle of construction or anything which is in substance a mere mechanical device, and does not include any trade mark as defined in clause (v) of sub-s. (1) of s. 2 of the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 or property mark as defined in s. 479 of the Indian Penal Code or any artistic work as defined in clause (c) of s. 2 of the Copyright Act, 1957. [Designs Act, 2000 (16 of 2000), s. 2 (d)]Design in popular parlance is used as a synonym with plan and includes a sketch. Sometimes it has also been held to be synonymous with 'figure'. The expression 'design' has within its ambit many ...
Designated fixed 'capital account
Designated fixed 'capital account', in relation to a partnership, means an account (1) which is prepared and designated as such under the terms of the partnership agreement; (2) which shows capital contributed by the partners; (3) from which, under the terms of the agreement, an amount representing capital may only be withdrawn by a partner if (a) he ceases to be a partner and an equal amount is transferred to a designated fixed capital account by his former partners or any person replacing him as their partner; or (b) the partnership is otherwise dissolved or wound up, Banking Act, 1987, s. 67(4) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England 3(1), para 123, p. 106....
Registered layout-design
Registered layout-design, means a layout-design which is actually on the register. [Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000 (37 of 2000), s. 2 (n)]...
design code search manual
design code search manual Lists the numerical codes for searching designs in the USPTO's trademark database. Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ...
Design and build
Design and build, or turnkey contracts are (Colloquially) 'package deal' (contracts) are contracts under which the contractor undertakes to design the whole or part of the works in accordance with the employer's requirements, to carry out such work and to hand them over completed to meet such requirement, High Mark (M) Sdn Bhd Ltd. v. Patco Malaysian Sdn Bhd, (1984) 28 BLR 129 (Malaysion HC)...
Designate
Designate, to indicate, select, appoint, nominate or set apart for a purpose or duty, as to designate an officer for a command, to mark out and make known, to point out; to name; indicate; A Sudhakar v. Post Master General, Hyderabad, 2006 (4) SCC 348 (Black's Law Dictionary, p. 447)...
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