Types of proceedings

Designs

Request for Cancellation of Design

An interested person may apply for the cancellation of a design registration on the basis that the design was not new or original at the date of registration or on the basis of any other ground on which the Commissioner could have refused to register the design.

Request Opposition to Restoration of Design

Opposition to the restoration of a design application or lapsed copyright in a registered design may be done within two months of the restoration being advertised.

Opposition to Correction of Clerical Error of Design

The Commissioner may correct any mistake in the Register, or any document issued under the Act. If the Commissioner considers the correction would materially alter the meaning or scope of any document the correction will be advertised and it may be opposed by anyone within one month of that advertisement.