Intellectual Property Act 2003 · As enacted · Part III
36. Requirements of application
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
An application for registration of an industrial design shall be made to the Director-General in the prescribed form and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee and shall contain—
a request for registration of the industrial design ;
the name, address and description of the applicant and, if he is a resident outside Sri Lanka, a postal address for service in Sri Lanka ;
a specimen of the article embodying the industrial design or copies of a photographic or graphic representation of the industrial design, in colour where it is in colour, or drawings and tracings of the design ;
an indication of the kind of products for which the industrial design is to be used and, where the regulations make provision for classification, an indication of the class or classes in which such products are included ;
a declaration by the applicant that the industrial design is new to the best of his knowledge.
The application for registration may be accompanied by a declaration signed by the creator of the industrial design, giving his name and address and requesting the same to be indicated in the registration.
Where the applicant is not the creator of the industrial design the application shall be accompanied by a statement justifying the applicant’s right to obtain registration.
The Director-General shall in every case where the applicant is not the creator of the Industrial design, shall serve the creator with a copy of the statement referred to in subsection (3). The creator of the industrial design shall have the right to inspect the application and to receive, on payment of the prescribed fee, a copy thereof.
Where the application is filed through an agent, it shall be accompanied by power of attorney granted to such agent by the applicant.
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