Industrial Designs Act 1996 · Updated to 1 Jan 2013 · Part IX · Miscellaneous
48. Convention countries
Feedback & supportThe Minister may, by order published in the Gazette with a view to the fulfilment of a treaty, convention, arrangement or engagement between Malaysia and another country, declare that a country specified in the order is a convention country for the purposes of this Act.
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for intellectual property;
Where the Minister, by order declares that an application for protection in respect of an industrial design is, in accordance with the terms of a treaty subsisting between two or more convention countries, equivalent to an application made in one of those convention countries, the first-mentioned application shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been made in that convention country.
industrial design
“industrial design” means features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament applied to an article by any industrial process or means, being features which in the finished article appeal to and are judged by the eye, but does not include— (a) a method or principle of construction; or (b) features of shape or configuration of an article which — (i) are dictated solely by the function which the article has to perform; or (ii) are dependent upon the appearance of another article Industrial Designs 9 of which the article is intended by the author of the design to form an integral part;
Where the Minister, by order, declares that an application for protection in respect of an industrial design is, in accordance with the law of a convention country, equivalent to an application made in that convention country, the first-mentioned application shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been made in that convention country.
convention country
“convention country” means a country in respect of which there is in force for the time being an order under section 48 declaring it to be a convention country for the purposes of this Act;
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