Singapore legislation
Section 8
Section 8
Disclosure, etc., of design before certain date
(1)
Subject to subsection (3), an application for registration of a design must not be refused, and the registration of a design must not be revoked, by reason only of —
the disclosure of the design by the owner to any other person in such circumstances as would make it contrary to good faith for that other person to use or publish the design;
the disclosure of the design in breach of good faith by any person other than the owner of the design;
in the case of a new or original textile design intended for registration, the acceptance of a first and confidential order for goods bearing the design; or
the communication of the design by the owner to a Government department or the Office or to any person authorised by a Government department or the Office to consider the merits of the design, or of anything done in consequence of such a communication.
(2)
Subject to subsection (3), an application for registration of a design must not be refused, and the registration of a design must not be revoked, by reason only —
that a representation of the design, or any article to which the design has been applied, has been displayed, with the consent of the owner of the design, at an official international exhibition;
that after any such display as is mentioned in paragraph (a), and during the period of the exhibition, a representation of the design, or any article to which the design has been applied, has been displayed by any person without the consent of the owner; or
that a representation of the design has been published in consequence of any such display as is mentioned in paragraph (a),if the application for registration of the design is made no later than 6 months after the opening of the exhibition.
(3)
This section only applies to —
a disclosure mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b);
an acceptance mentioned in subsection (1)(c);
a communication mentioned in subsection (1)(d), or anything done in consequence of such a communication;
a display mentioned in subsection (2)(a) or (b); or
a publication mentioned in subsection (2)(c),that occurs before 30 October 2017.
(4)
In this section, “official international exhibition” means an official, or officially recognised, international exhibition falling within the terms of the Convention on International Exhibitions signed at Paris on 22 November 1928, and any protocols to that Convention, as revised or amended from time to time.