11. Copyright on registration.—(1) When a design is registered, the registered proprietor of the
design shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, have copyright in the design during ten years from the
date of registration.
(2) If, before the expiration of the said ten years, application for the extension of the period of
copyright is made to the Controller in the prescribed manner, the Controller shall, on payment of the
prescribed fee, extend the period of copy-right for a second period of five years from the expiration of the
original period of ten years.
12. Restoration of lapsed designs.—(1) Where a design has ceased to have effect by reason of
failure to pay the fee for the extension of copyright under sub-section (2) of section 11, the proprietor of
such design or his legal representative and where the design was held by two or more persons jointly,
then, with the leave of the Controller one or more of them without joining the others, may, within one
year from the date on which the design ceased to have effect, make an application for the restoration of
the design in the prescribed manner on payment of such fee as may be prescribed.
(2) An application under this section shall contain a statement, verified in the prescribed manner, fully
setting out the circumstances which led to the failure to pay the prescribed fee, and the Controller may
require from the applicant such further evidence as he may think necessary.
13. Procedure for disposal of applications for restoration of lapsed designs.—(1) If, after hearing
the applicant in cases where the applicant so desires or the Controller thinks fit, the Controller is satisfied
that the failure to pay the fee for extension of the period of copyright was unintentional and that there has
been no undue delay in the making of the application, the Controller shall upon payment of any unpaid
fee for extension of the period of copyright together with prescribed additional fee restore the registration
of design.
(2) The Controller may, if he thinks fit as a condition of restoring the design, require that any entry
shall be made in the register of any document or matter which under the provisions of this Act, has to be
entered in the register but which has not been so entered.
14. Rights of proprietor of lapsed design which have been restored.—(1) Where the registration
of a design is restored, the rights of the registered proprietor shall be subject to such provisions as may be
prescribed and to such other provisions as the Controller thinks fit to impose for the protection or
compensation of persons who may have begun to avail themselves of, or have taken definite steps by
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contract or otherwise to avail themselves of, the benefit of applying the design between the date when the
registration of the design ceased to have effect and the date of restoration of the registration of the design.
(2) No suit or other proceeding shall be commenced in respect of piracy of a registered design or
infringement of the copyright in such design committed between the date on which the registration of the
design ceased to have effect and the date of the restoration of the design.
15. Requirements before delivery on sales.—(1) Before delivery on sale of any articles to which a
registered design has been applied, the proprietor shall—
(a) (if exact representations or specimens were not finished on the application for registration)
furnish to the Controller the prescribed number of exact representations or specimens of the design;
and, if he fails to do so, the Controller may, after giving notice thereof to the proprietor, erase his
name from the register and thereupon the copyright in the design shall cease; and
(b) causes each such article to be marked with the prescribed mark, or with the prescribed words
or figures denoting that the design is registered; and, if he fails to do so, the proprietor shall not be
entitled to recover any penalty or damages in respect of any infringement of his copyright in the
design unless he shows that he took all proper steps to ensure the marking of the article, or unless he
shows that the infringement took place after the person guilty thereof knew or had received notice of
the existence of the copyright in the design.
(2) Where a representation is made to the Central Government by or on behalf of any trade or
industry that in the interest of the trade or industry it is expedient to dispense with or modify as regards
any class or description of articles any of the requirements of this section as to marking, the Central
Government may, if it thinks fit, by rule under this Act, dispense with or modify such requirements as
regards any such class or description of articles to such extent and subject to such conditions as it thinks
fit.
16. Effect of disclosure on copyright.—The disclosure of a design by the proprietor to any other
person, in such circumstances as would make it contrary to good faith for that other person to use or
publish the design, and the disclosure of a design in breach of good faith by any person, other than the
proprietor of the design, and the acceptance of a first and confidential order for articles bearing a new or
original textile design intended for registration, shall not be deemed to be a publication of the design
sufficient to invalidate the copyright thereof if registration thereof is obtained subsequently to the
disclosure or acceptance.
17. Inspection of registered designs.—(1) During the existence of copyright in a design, any person
on furnishing such information as may enable the Controller to identify the design and on payment of the
prescribed fee may inspect the design in the prescribed manner.
(2) Any person may, on an application to the Controller and on payment of such fee as may be
prescribed, obtain a certified copy of any registered design.
18. Information as to existence of copyright.—On the request of any person furnishing such
information as may enable the Controller to identify the design, and on payment of the prescribed fee, the
Controller shall inform such person whether the registration still exists in respect of the design, and, if so,
in respect of what classes of articles, and shall state the date of registration, and the name and address of
the registered proprietor.
19. Cancellation of registration.—(1) Any person interested may present a petition for the
cancellation of the registration of a design at any time after the registration of the design, to the Controller
on any of the following grounds, namely:—
(a) that the design has been previously registered in India; or
(b) that it has been published in India or in any other country prior to the date of registration; or
(c) that the design is not a new or original design; or
(d) that the design is not registrable under this Act; or
(e) that it is not a design as defined under clause (d) of section 2.
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(2) An appeal shall lie from any order of the Controller under this section to the High Court, and the
Controller may at any time refer any such petition to the High Court, and the High Court shall decide any
petition so referred.
20. Designs to bind Government.—A registered design shall have to all intents the like effect as
against the Government as it has against any person and the provisions of Chapter XVII of the Patents
Act, 1970 (39 of 1970) shall apply to registered designs as they apply to patents.