Singapore legislation
Section 5
Section 5
New design may be registered
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Part, a design which is new may, upon application by the person claiming to be the owner, be registered in respect of an article, a non‑physical product, or a set of articles and non‑physical products, specified in the application.
(2)
A design for which an application for registration is made is not to be regarded as new if it is the same as a design —
registered in respect of the same or any other article, non‑physical product or set of articles and non‑physical products pursuant to a prior application; or
published in Singapore or elsewhere in respect of the same or any other article, non‑physical product or set of articles and non‑physical products before the date of the firstmentioned application,or if it differs from such a design only in immaterial details or in features which are variants commonly used in the trade.
(3)
The Registrar may, in such cases as may be prescribed, direct that, for the purpose of deciding whether a design is new, an application for registration of the design is to be treated as filed on a date earlier or later than that on which it was in fact filed.