Singapore legislation
Regulation 17
of Registered Designs (International Registration) Rules 2005
Regulation 17
Evidence of certain matters relating to international registration
Subregulation 1
In all legal proceedings relating to a protected international design (Singapore), the registration of a person as the holder of the international registration relating to a protected international design (Singapore) shall be prima facie evidence of the validity of that international registration and of any subsequent assignment or other transmission of it.
Subregulation 2
Judicial notice shall be taken of —
the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement and the Common Regulations;
a copy of an entry in the International Register issued by the International Bureau; and
a copy of the Bulletin published by the International Bureau.
Subregulation 3
Any document referred to in paragraph (2)(b) or (c) shall be admissible as evidence of any instrument or act of the International Bureau referred to in the document.
Subregulation 4
Evidence of any document issued by the International Bureau, or of any entry in or extract from such a document, may be given in any legal proceedings by the production of a copy thereof, and such a copy shall be received in evidence.
Subregulation 5
In this rule, “legal proceedings” include proceedings before the Registrar.