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Ch. 31. No. 18.) Patents, Destgns and Trade Marks.

from the date of registration of the design to have such
design registered in the Colony. Where any partial
assignment or transmission has) been made all) proper
parties shall be joined in the application for registration,

298. An application for registration of a design under the
last preceding section shall be made to the Registrar and
accompanied by two representations of the design and a
certificate of the Comptroller General of the United King-
dom Patent Office giving full particulars of the registration
of the design in the United Kingdom and stating the date
at which such design became or Will normally become open
to public inspection.

29¢. Upon such application being lodged, together with
the documents mentioned ino section 298, the Registrar
shall issue a certificate of registration.

29). Such certificate of registration shall confer on the
applicant privileges and rights subject to all conditions
established by the law of this Colony as though the certifi-
cate of registration in the United Kingdom hi id been issued
with an extension to the Colony.

29y Privileges and rights so granted shall date from the
date of registration in the United Kingdom and shall
continue in foree only long as the registration in’ the
United Kingdom remains in force’

Provided that no action for infringement of copyright
in the design shall be entertained in respect of any use of the
design prior to the date of issue of the certificate of regis-
{ration in the Colony.

291. The Court shall have power upon the application of
any person who alleges that his interests have been
prejudicially affected by the issue of a certificate of regis-
tration under section 29¢ to declare that the exclusive
privileges and rights conferred by such certificate have not
been acquired on any of the grounds upon which = the
United Kingdom registration might be cancelled under the
law for the time being in force in the United Kingdom.