Keyword index

Date Published 07 Apr 2022

address, 5.2

amendments to, 22.2, 22.6.4

as part of minimum filing requirements, 2.4

address for correspondence, 2.4, 5.2

address for service, 5.2

as part of minimum filing requirements, 2.4

amending a registration, 22.1, 22.3 see also Register

amending an application, 22.1, 22.2

address, 22.2

after a formalities notice, 4.2

amendments to scope, 22.4

amendments to statement of newness and distinctiveness, 15.3

complex product, 10.7

documents filed by another person, 22.2

to exclude designs, 22.2

name of applicant, 22.2

name of owner, 22.2

priority documents, declarations and affidavits, 22.2

process, 22.2

product name, 22.2

representations, 6.3, 22.2

types of amendments, 22.1, 22.6

Anzac, 12.3

applicant details see address; address for correspondence; address for service; applicant name

applicant name, 5.1

‘person,’ 5.1.1

Australian company, 5.1.3

business names and ‘trading as,’ 5.1.12

government entity, 5.1.5

incorporated associations, 5.1.6

individual, 5.1.2

joint owner names with ABN, 5.1.9

overseas entity, 5.1.7

as part of minimum filing requirements, 2.4

partnerships, 5.1.10

several applicant names; multiple designs, 5.1.8

strata company, owners corporation, body corporate, community title scheme, 5.1.4

trust/trustee, 5.1.11

application for registration, 2.1

by an entitled person, 19.8

applicant name, 5.1

application form, 2.1

converted applications, 19.7

disputes about how application should proceed, 25.1, 25.2

elements, 2.1

excluded designs, 11.1

fees, 3.2

formalities assessment, 4.1

lapsed, 4.1

minimum filing requirements, 2.4

submitting, 2.3

types of, 2.6

see also priority date

arms, flags, emblems etc, 12.6

assembled set or kit, 10.8, 13.3

assignments and other interests, 1.3, 2.5, 24.1

assignment by a minor, 24.3

bankruptcy and winding up, 24.4

ceased designs, 24.3

by a co-owner, 24.3

errors in assignment document, 24.3

evidence of, 24.2

mergers, 24.3

registering other interests, 24.5

retrospective, 24.3

time-limited or partial, 24.3

unregisterable interests, 24.5

Australian Design Search database, 2.2, 2.4, 4.1

Australian Official Journal of Designs, 4.1

awaiting formalities status, 2.2

bankruptcy and winding up, 24.4

body corporate, as applicant name, 5.1.4

breach of confidentiality, 25.6

business names and ‘trading as,’ 5.1.12

certificate of examination, 8.1, 8.11

certification, 1.3, 1.4, 8.1, 8.11

requests for examination after, 8.12

circuit layouts, 12.8

citations see prior art base

classification, 4.1, 7.1, 13.2

cases of doubt, 7.4

codes, 7.2

finding the right class, 7.3

more than one possible classification, 7.5

multiple products or designs, 7.6

process, 7.3

product has several functions, 7.5

product purpose is unclear, 7.5

systems of classification, 7.2

see also prior art base; product; product name

coins, 12.4

common designs, 4.1, 6.7, 13.3

applied to more than one product, 2.6

companies, as applicant names, 5.1.3, 5.1.4

complex product, 10.7, 13.3

computer-aided design (CAD) drawings, 6.2

conditional protection, 1.3

contact details, 2.4

convention countries, 20.2

convention priority, 4.1, 20.1

applications with more than one design, 20.5

assessing claims, 20.4

basic application, 20.6, 20.7, 20.8

essential details on application, 20.4

excluded designs, 11.2, 20.5

extensions of time, 23.12

priority date, 19.2

time limits to claiming, 20.3

see also priority date

court proceedings, 28.4

courts, 1.4

currency, 12.4

deceased person, legal representative of, 2.5

defamatory material, 12.5

deficiency notices, 5.2

design, 1.1

all dimensions remain in proportion, 10.9

applied to a human being, 10.1, 10.3

ceased, 23.8, 24.3

common design applied to more than one product, 2.6

cross-sectonal shape is the same throughout, 10.9

design in relation to a product, 10.1

disclosure of, 11.1, 17.6

effect of other designs on interpretation, 9.1

excluded designs, 11.1, 19.6

fixed or varies according to regular pattern, 10.9

function or purpose, 10.1

further designs, 2.7

identifying the design, 9.1

infinite dimensions, 10.9

more than one design applied to more than one product, 2.6

more than one design applied to one product, 2.6

overall appearance, 9.2

pattern or ornamentation that repeats itself, 10.9

publicly available information on, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3

renewals, 3.3

single design applied to one product, 2.6

use of, 1.3

see also newness and distinctiveness; product; representations; visual appearance and features

design at rest, 9.4

design in relation to a product, 10.1

design number, 2.2, 2.4

more than one design in an application, 2.6

design owner, 5.1.13, 24.1

application for certification, 1.4, 2.1

in case of merger, 24.3

disputes about recording a change of ownership, 25.1

disputes about who is entitled to register, 25.1, 25.3

doubts about original ownership, 24.3

employees, 5.1.13, 25.6

hearings, 28.4

multiple contributors, 25.6

see also registered owner

design rights, 1.1, 1.2

enforcement, 1.4, 8.1

protection, 1.3, 1.4

see also certificate of examination; certification; examination

designer name, 5.1.13

amendments to, 22.2, 22.6.3

checking as part of formalities assessment, 4.1

devolution, 24.1, 24.2, 25.5

digital images, 6.2

disassembly and reassembly, 10.7

disclosure of designs, 11.1, 22.4

exhibitions, 18.2

to government, 18.4

prohibition order on, 27.5

unauthorised, 18.3

disputes see ownership disputes

drawings, 6.2, 6.8

employees as design owners, 5.1.13

English transliterations of overseas entity types, 5.1.7

entitled person disputes, 28.4

entitlement to register see design owner

evidence, filing, 28.2

examination, 8.1

after a design has been certified, 8.12

assessing newness and distinctiveness, 13.1

checking the product classification, 7.3

concurrent requests for, 3.4, 8.1, 8.5

expedited, 8.2, 8.6

extensions of time, 8.9

fees, 3.4

filing of material for, 8.4

further examination reports, 8.13

further requests for, 8.1

last-minute responses, 8.9

material provided by a third party, 8.4, 8.7

more than one request for, 3.4, 8.1, 8.5

notice of intention to certify, 8.11

process, 8.2

reports, 8.2, 8.5

requests for, 8.3, 8.12

required by court, 1.4

requirement to consider relevant material, 8.1, 8.8

third party requests for, 3.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

time frame for completion, 8.9

unclear representations, 6.2

withdrawal of request for, 8.10

see also certificate of examination; certification; prior art base; revocation

excluded designs, 11.1

amending an application to exclude designs, 22.2

and convention priority, 11.2, 20.5

designs that cannot be excluded, 11.4

priority date, 19.3, 19.6

priority status of, 11.3

registration/publication requests, 11.5

exhibitions, 18.2

extensions of time, 23.1

acceptable reasons for, 23.1

advertisement of, 23.10

application for, 23.9

calculating end of time period, 23.8

circumstances beyond the customer’s control, 23.5

convention priority period, 23.12

deficiencies in applications, 23.9

errors and omissions, 23.2–23.4

examination, 8.9, 23.8

fees, 3.6

legal principles governing, 23.2

licence to continue using the design, 23.7

period of extension, 23.8

process, 23.9

protection for third parties, 23.7

Registrar’s discretion, 23.6

unrecorded new owner requests, 23.11

familiar person / informed user see standard of the familiar person / informed user

fast-tracking of examination, 8.2, 8.6

fees, 2.1

application, 3.2

examination, 3.4

extensions of time, 3.6

hearing, 3.5

more than one design in an application, 2.6

refunds, 3.7

renewal, 3.3

requests for examination, 8.10

third party initiated examinations, 8.4

filing date, 2.1

foreign corporate registers, 5.1.7

formalities assessment, 1.4, 2.2, 4.1

classifying a product, 7.3

further designs, 2.8

hearings in regard to, 28.3

issues missed by assessor, 4.2

statement of newness and distinctiveness, 15.2

unclear representations, 6.2

formalities notice, 4.1, 4.2

freedom of information, 27.4

further designs, 2.7, 2.8

further notices, 4.2

government entities as design owners, 5.1.5

grounds for revocation, owner contests, 8.13, 8.14

hearings, 8.11, 28.1

costs, 28.1

examination, 8.11, 8.15

fees, 3.5

filing evidence, 28.1, 28.2

newness and distinctiveness, 28.3

owner contests grounds for revocation, 8.14

ownership disputes, 25.1

revocation after an ownership dispute, 25.7

in substance disclosed, 22.4

incorporated associations, as applicant names, 5.1.6

indefinite dimensions, 10.9, 13.3

informed user see standard of the familiar person / informed user

integrated circuits, 12.8

intellectual property rights, 1.1, 1.3

invitations to pay, 3.4

kits see assembled set or kit

lapsed applications, 4.1

licensing a design, 23.7, 24.1, 24.3

Locarno classification, 7.1

manufactured or hand made, 1.1, 10.6

medallions, 12.2

medals, 12.2

microchips, 12.8

minimum filing requirements, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4

more than one design applied to more than one product, 2.6

more than one design applied to one product, 2.6

mortgages and licences, 24.3, 24.5

newness and distinctiveness, 1.4, 9.2, 13.1

additional features in citations, 13.8

citations with hidden perspectives, 13.3

citations with internal features, 13.3

common designs, 13.3

complex products, 13.3

effect of colour, 13.8

hearings, 28.3

how the design is displayed, 13.7

kits, 13.3

nature of the product, 13.2

other visual features, 13.8

product name and intended use, 13.2

products with indefinite dimensions, 13.3

searching the prior art base, 13.9

section 19 requirements for distinctiveness, 14.1

subject-matter issues, 13.2

substantially similar in overall impression, 13.6

test for distinctiveness, 13.5

test for newness, 13.4

see also examination; visual appearance and features

notice of a trust, 5.1.11

notice of intention to certify, 8.11, 8.14

notice of underpayment, 3.3

offensive material, 12.5

Olympic symbols, 12.7

overall appearance, 2.6, 9.1, 9.2

overall impression, 9.2

overseas entities, as applicant names, 5.1.7

ownership disputes, 25.1

hearings, 28.4

between joint applicants, 25.2

recording a change of ownership, 25.1, 25.5

Registrar’s power to allow inspections of documents, 26.3, 26.6

under s 29, 25.4, 25.5

under s 52, 25.4

situations where disputes arise, 25.6

where some designs have been registered or published, 25.4

who is entitled to register, 25.1, 25.3

ownership, changes of, 24.2

paper applications, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

paper money, 12.4

person, is the applicant a, 5.1.1

photographs, 6.2, 6.9

prescribed securities, 12.4

prior art base, 17.1

‘satisfied,’ 21.3

searching, 13.9

state of development of, 14.3

prior publication or use exceptions, 18.1

priority date, 2.2, 2.7, 19.1

adding a priority claim, 19.5

applications by entitled persons, 19.8

convention application, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4

converted applications, 19.7

excluded designs, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 19.1, 19.3, 19.6

multiple bases for priority, 19.3

plural designs, 19.4

product, 1.1

assembled set or kit, 10.8

classification, 7.1

component part of a complex product, 10.7

definition, 10.1

design in relation to a product, 10.1

feel of the product, 9.3

function or purpose, 10.1, 10.2

identifying the product, 10.2, 13.3

manufactured or hand made, 10.6

representations must show, 6.4

things that are not different products, 10.4

things that are not products, 10.3, 10.10

see also design

product name, 10.5

classification, 7.1

matching representations, 2.6

production of documents under s 61(1), 26.1

prohibition orders on disclosures, 27.5

public inspection of documents, 26.1, 26.4

public use in Australia, 17.2

publication and file access, 1.4, 2.7, 4.1, 27.1

after registration, 27.2, 27.3

prohibition orders, 27.5

publication as part of prior art base, 17.3

publication date, establishing, 17.5

published, 17.3

refunds of fees, 3.7

refusal to register (s 43), 1.4, 4.1, 12.1

adding a new designer, 22.6.3

adding a new registered owner, 22.6.2

change of name or address, 22.6.4

corrections of, 22.1, 22.6, 28.1

rectification by court order, 22.6.6

request to amend, 24.2

revocation recorded on, 22.6.5

see also amending a registration

registered owner

amendments to, 22.1, 22.6.2

entitlement to be, 2.5

see also design owner

Registrar, 1.4

discretion to grant extension of time, 23.6

error or omission by, 23.3

power to allow inspection of documents, 26.3

registration, 1.3, 1.4

disputes about who is entitled to register, 25.1

fees, 3.2

formalities assessment for, 2.2

formalities issues raised after, 6.3

period of, 1.4

process, 2.2

publicly available information after, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3

renewal, 2.2

requests for, 2.7

time limit for request, 2.7

relevant proceedings, 28.4

renewal of registration, 3.3

representations, 4.1

accuracy and completeness standard, 6.2

amending representations, 22.2, 22.3

close-ups, 6.11

common designs, 6.7

configuration changes, 6.11

consistency, 6.2, 6.5

criteria for acceptability, 6.2

definition, 6.1

different views, 6.11

drawings, 6.8

environmental views, 6.12

exploded views, 6.11

extraneous or hidden details, 6.5

formal compliance, 6.3

format, 6.5

general requirements for, 6.2

identifying the design, 9.1

matching product name in application, 6.4

non-compliance, 6.3

page layout for, 6.2

as part of minimum filing requirements, 2.4

perspective and isometric views, 6.11

photographs, 6.9

purpose, 6.1

schedule/list, 6.6

section views, 6.11

showing product, 6.4

showing whole product, 6.4

single design applied to more than one product, 6.7

specimens or 3D models, 6.10

substantial compliance with regulations, 6.3

text in, 6.6

unclear, 6.2

see also design; visual appearance and features

representative or agent, 5.2

revocation, 8.2, 8.14

after an ownership dispute, 25.7

owner contests grounds for revocation, 8.13, 8.14

recorded on Register, 22.6.5

rights of lien, 24.5, 26.8

satisfied, 21.1, 21.2, 21.5

as to prior art base, 21.3

reasonable doubt, balance of probabilities and uncertainty, 21.4

scandalous material shown in representations, 4.1, 6.3, 12.5

scope, amendments that would alter, 22.4

scope, amendments that would increase, 22.5

sets see assembled set or kit

similar in overall impression, 1.4

single design applied to more than one product, 6.7

single design applied to one product, 2.6

specimens or 3D models, 6.10

standard of the familiar person / informed user, 16.1

statement of entitlement, 5.1.13

statement of newness and distinctiveness, 4.1, 14.4, 15.1

amendments to, 15.3

formalities assessment, 15.2

substantially similar in overall impression, 13.1, 13.6

tangible and intangible, 10.1, 10.3, 10.6

third party initiated examinations, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.7

trade marks and patents, 17.4

trust/trustee, 5.1.11

unauthorised disclosures, 18.3

unpublished documents, access to, 26.4, 26.5, 26.6

place of inspection, 26.7

unregisterable interests, 24.5

visual appearance and features, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.6, 9.1, 9.3, 13.8

colour, 9.3

effect of other designs on interpretation, 9.1

features produced by software, 9.4

feel of the product, 9.3

functional purpose, 9.3

internal features, 9.3

overall appearance, 9.2

patterns, 9.5

shape, configuration, pattern and ornamentation, 9.3

things that cannot be visual features, 9.5

variable visual features, 9.4

see also design; indefinite dimensions; newness and distinctiveness

Amended Reasons

Amended Reason	Date Amended
	07 Apr 2022