Industrial Designs Act, 2001
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Effect of priority right. |
28.—(1) A right of priority shall have the effect that the filing date of the application claimed under section 27 shall be regarded as being the filing date of the application for registration under this Act. | |
(2) Where an application for the registration of a design is filed under this Act and the priority of a previous application is claimed under section 27 then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the application shall not be refused and the registration of the design under this Act shall not be invalidated by reason only of the fact that the previous application has been made available to the public at any time after the filing date of the previous application. |