Singapore legislation
Section 11
Section 11
Application for registration
(1)
An application for registration of a design must be filed in the prescribed manner with the Registrar, and is subject to the payment of the prescribed application fee.
(2)
The application must —
contain a request for the registration of a design;
state the name and address of the applicant; and
contain a clear representation of the design.
(3)
Except as otherwise provided in section 16A, the date on which the application is filed is the earliest date on which —
the fee payable under subsection (1) has been paid or is treated by the Registrar as paid; and
all the requirements under subsection (2) have been satisfied.
(4)
An application may be filed under subsection (1) for the registration of 2 or more designs, if —
the articles, non‑physical products, or sets of articles and non‑physical products, to which any of those designs is intended to be applied, as specified in the application, fall within the same class, or (if they fall within more than one class) all of the same classes, under the classification mentioned in section 75(1)(c), as the articles, non‑physical products, or sets of articles and non‑physical products, to which each of the other designs is intended to be applied, as specified in the application; and
the application complies with such other requirements as may be prescribed.
(5)
Every application filed under subsection (1) for the registration of 2 or more designs is to be treated as if a separate application had been filed under that subsection for the registration of each of those designs.