Singapore legislation

Regulation 12

Industrial application of designs

Amended byS 574/2017 wef 30/10/2017

Subregulation 1

For the purposes of section 9 of the Act, on or after 30 October 2017 but before 30 October 2018, a design is to be regarded as having been applied industrially in relation to articles, if —

(a)

the design is applied to one or more articles (not being hand‑made articles) that are manufactured in lengths; or

(b)

the design is applied to more than 50 articles, no 2 or more of which are part of the same set of articles.

Subregulation 2

For the purposes of section 9 of the Act, on or after 30 October 2018, a design is to be regarded as having been applied industrially in relation to articles, if —

(a)

the design is applied to one or more articles (not being hand‑made articles) that are manufactured in lengths or in pieces;

(b)

the design is applied to more than 50 articles, no 2 or more of which are part of the same set of articles; or

(c)

all of the following apply:

(i)

the design is applied to articles and non‑physical products;

(ii)

the total of the number of those articles, and the number of those non‑physical products that can be projected simultaneously by one or more activated devices for projecting non‑physical products, is more than 50;

(iii)

no 2 or more of those articles and non‑physical products are part of any of the following:

(A)

the same set of articles;

(B)

the same set of non‑physical products;

(C)

the same set of articles and non‑physical products.

Subregulation 3

For the purposes of section 9 of the Act, on or after 30 October 2018, a design is to be regarded as having been applied industrially in relation to non‑physical products or devices for projecting non‑physical products, if —

(a)

all of the following apply:

(i)

the design is applied to non‑physical products;

(ii)

more than 50 of those non‑physical products can be projected simultaneously by one or more activated devices for projecting non‑physical products;

(iii)

no 2 or more of those non‑physical products are part of the same set of non‑physical products; or

(b)

all of the following apply:

(i)

the design is applied to articles and non‑physical products;

(ii)

(iii)

no 2 or more of those articles and non‑physical products are part of any of the following:

(A)

the same set of articles;

(B)

the same set of non‑physical products;

(C)

the same set of articles and non‑physical products.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 574/2017 wef 30/10/2017

For the purposes of paragraphs (1), (2) and (3), the date on which the design is applied to an article or a non‑physical product is irrelevant.

Read in full context — Registered Designs Rules →