Close Corporations Act, 1984
R 385
Designs Act, 1993 (Act No. 195 of 1993)RegulationsDesigns Regulations, 199915. |
| (1) | An application shall contain, on Form D6, a definitive statement setting out the features of the design for which protection is claimed. The definitive statement shall be used to interpret the scope of the protection afforded by the design registration. In the definitive statement reference may be made to reference symbols appearing in or on the representations. |
| (2) | In the case of an application for the registration of an aesthetic design and of a functional design which is not an integrated circuit topography, a mask work or a series of mask works, the definitive statement may be accompanied, on Form D6, by an explanatory statement relating to the design, which explanatory statement may refer to features of the article(s) to which the design is to be applied including the function and/or the method or principle of construction of the article(s). |
| (3) | In the case of an application for the registration of a functional design for an integrated circuit topography, a mask work or a series of mask works, the definitive statement shall be accompanied, on Form D6, by an explanatory statement as envisaged in subregulation (2) above, which explanatory statement shall refer to the function and operation of the integrated circuit topography, mask work or series of mask works. |
| (4) | The explanatory statement may be used to assist in interpreting the scope of the protection afforded by the design registration. |
