Registrar must refuse to register certain designs
43 Registrar must refuse to register certain designs
The Registrar must refuse to register a design if:
the design is a design, or belongs to a class of designs, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph; or
the Registrar must not register the design because of section 18 of the Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987; or
the design is in relation to a product that is:
an integrated circuit within the meaning of the Circuit Layouts Act 1989; or
part of such an integrated circuit; or
a mask used to make such an integrated circuit; or
the design is subject to an order under section 108.
Subject to section 42, the Registrar must refuse to register a design disclosed in a design application in respect of which the Registrar has given a notification under section 41, if the applicant has not:
amended the application; or
responded in writing to the notification stating why the applicant considers that the application does not need to be amended;
in such a way that the Registrar is satisfied as mentioned in section 39 or 40 in relation to the design application.
The Registrar must notify the applicant of a refusal under subsection (1) or (2) and of the reasons for the refusal.
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