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The Designs Official Notices are also a good way of keeping informed. Click
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1. New Designs Act - Media Release (17 June 2004)
 A new Designs Act for a new era
2. New Designs Act Forms (7 June 2004)
Forms for the new Designs Act are now available.
3. Design Regulations for Public Comment (11 May 2004)
The draft new designs regulations have been released for public comment. Please
note that the draft does not include all the proposed new regulations. However,
those regulations that are key to implementing the new registration system are
included in the draft.
To enable us to settle the regulations in time to meet the relevant timetables,
we need to receive any written comments on the regulations by the close of
business
on Thursday 20 May 2004. To view the Design Regulations, click here.
4. Numbering System (22 April 2004)
For many years the Designs Office has issued and published Application and Registration Numbers of the following format:
| Application | nnnnn/ccyy (eg 04321/2002) |
| Registration: | NNNNNN (eg 156,345) |
Due to the implementation of the Designs Act 2003 (new Act) changes to the way in which the above numbering formats have been used will take effect as of 17 June 2004 in relation to designs applied for and registrations under the new Act.
The numbering system in relation to designs applied for and registrations under the Designs Act 2003 will continue the existing number formats, except that:
i) specific number ranges within current formats will be used; and
ii) there will be no Application Numbers, instead there will be Design Numbers.
| Format: | nnnnn/ccyy | NNNNNN |
| Current Example: | Application
04321/2002 | Registration
156,345 |
| New Act Example: | Design
12345/2004 | Registration
300,345 |
The 1 in the first position of the new act Design Number and the 3 in the first position of the Registration Number identify them as being under the new Act and are distinct from their counterparts under the Designs Act 1906 (current Act).
Applications and registrations under the current Act will continue to have their current number formats and ranges. Any design application under the current Act which is registered after 17 June 2004, unless it is converted to an application under the new Act, will be issued a design registration number from the current Registration Number range.
Due to provisions in the new Act relating to the filing of multiple designs within a single application, numbers previously used in reference to a design application will now be used in reference to a design, and be termed Design number. For a design application containing one design the Design Number will be the reference, for design applications containing multiple designs, each design will be allocated a separate Design Number.
For more information, please contact:
Robyn Foster, Registrar of Designs
Phone: 02 6283 2900
E-mail: victor.portelli@ipaustralia.gov.au
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