Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
of Registered Designs (International Registration) Rules 2005
Regulation 5
Effects of protected international design (Singapore)
Subregulation 1
Subject to the provisions of these Rules, the holder of the international registration relating to a protected international design (Singapore) shall have the same rights and remedies as the registered owner of a registered design under sections 30, 31 and 36 to 41 of the Act.
Subregulation 2
Paragraph (1) shall apply subject to section 30 (5), (6) and (7) of the Act relating to acts not amounting to infringement of a registered design.
Subregulation 3
For the purposes of the application of section 30(1) of the Act, the rights of the holder shall have effect from the date on which the protected international design (Singapore) is to be treated as registered under rule 11.
Subregulation 4
The remedy for groundless threats of infringement proceedings under section 44 of the Act applies to a protected international design (Singapore) as it applies in relation to a registered design.
Subregulation 5
For the purposes of paragraph (4) —
the reference in section 44(1) of the Act to an application for registration of a design shall be treated as a reference to an international application relating to a protected international design (Singapore);
the reference in section 44(2) of the Act to the registration of the design shall be treated as a reference to the protection of the protected international design (Singapore); and
the reference in section 44(4) of the Act to a notification that a design is registered shall be treated as a reference to a notification that a design is a protected international design (Singapore).