47. Rights of a registered owner of an industrial design

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

Subject and without prejudice to other provisions of this Part, the registered owner of an industrial design shall in relation to such industrial design have the exclusive rights to —

(a)

reproduce and embody such industrial design in making a product ;

(b)

import, offer for sale, sell or use a product embodying such industrial design ;

(c)

stock for the purpose of offering for sale, selling or using, a product embodying such industrial design ;

(d)

assign or transmit the registration of the industrial design ;

(e)

conclude licence contracts.

(2)

No person shall do any of the acts referred to in subsection (1) without the consent of the registered owner of the industrial design.

(3)

The acts referred to in subsection (1), if done by any unauthorized person, shall not be lawful solely by reason of the fact that the reproduction of the registered industrial design differs from the registered industrial design in minor respects or that the reproduction of the registered industrial design is embodied in a type of product different from a product embodying the registered industrial design.

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