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Regulation 61

of Supreme Court of Judicature (Intellectual Property) Rules 2022

Regulation 61

Registered owner may be served at address in register

Subregulation 1

Subject to this rule, for the purposes of any proceedings under the Act —

(a)

a document (including an originating process) may be served on the registered owner of a registered design by serving the document in the manner prescribed by Order 7 of the Rules of Court at the address for service given in the Register; but(b)if any provision of the Rules of Court requires a response to a document served under sub‑paragraph (a) within a specified time limit (whether by filing and serving a notice of intention to contest or not contest or otherwise), that time limit is extended by 7 days.

Subregulation 2

Paragraph (1)(a) ceases to apply when the registered owner has provided an address for service within the meaning of Order 4, Rule 8 of the Rules of Court.

Subregulation 3

This rule does not prevent the registered owner from being served in accordance with the Rules of Court.