151. Registration of layout design in the Register

The Director-General shall maintain a Register of Layout Designs and he shall register or cause to be registered of each protected layout design, in respect of which applications for registration have been accepted.

Where any application conforms to the requirements of section 150, the Director-General shall register the layout design in the Register of Layout Designs without examination of the originality of the layout design, the applicant’s right to protection or the correctness of the facts stated in the application.

The Register of Layout Designs shall contain the number, title, filing date and where indicated in the application under section 150 the date of first commercial exploitation in or outside Sri Lanka of the layout design as well as the name and address of the right holder, details relating to assignment, transfer, license contract and other prescribed particulars.

Any person may refer the Register of Layout Designs and obtain extracts therefrom, subject to the payment of the prescribed fee.

Every registration of a layout design shall be published in the Gazette.