Any person may apply for revocation of a design registration on one of the following grounds:

  • the design is contrary to public order ('ordre public') or morality;
  • the design is inherently unregistrable; or
  • the person whose name is entered in the Register as the owner of the design is not entitled to be so registered.

Further information on the above may be obtained via Linklaters & Paines Hong Kong office or via any of the other nine Linklaters & Paines offices world-wide, located in Singapore, Tokyo, London, Brussels, Paris, Frankfurt, New York, Washington D.C. and Moscow. Contact details for the various L&P offices worldwide are available via the Linklaters & Paines corporate listing c/o Business Monitor Online - http://www.businessmonitor.co.uk

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