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Design Prosecution in South AfricaThe Designs Act, 1993 provides protection to aesthetic and functional designs through registration. Functional designs have features which are necessitated by the function which the article to which the design is applied is to perform and includes integrated circuit topography and mask works related thereto. Aesthetic designs relate to designs applied to articles of manufacture because of the pattern, shape, configuration or ornamentation of the design which is judged solely by the eye. Aesthetic designs must be new and original while functional designs must be new and not commonplace.
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1) Applications
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First design application
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459,00 | 930.00 | 679.00 | ||
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Where the same design is filed simultaneously
in different Classes or Parts of the Register (see P.S. under
Documentary Requirements), for the second such design application
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316.00 | 641.00 | 468.00 | ||
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From the third application and onward (as per
above), each
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241.00 | 489.00 | 357.00 | ||
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Drawings or other representations, per sheet,
from
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41.00 | 82.00 | 60.00 | ||
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Application for each Convention priority, from
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26.00 | 53.00 | 39.00 | ||
| Classification | 80.00 | 162.00 | 118.00 | ||
| Late filing of documents per lodgement | 67.00 | 136.0 | 99.00 | ||
| An additional charge is made for each batch of documents received after the first, if all documents are not received simultaneously | 14.00 | 29.00 | 21.00 | ||
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2) Recording Assignment or Licence |
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| First design | 181.00 | 367.00 | 268.00 | ||
| Thereafter, per design | 98.00 | 199.00 | 145.00 | ||
| Preparation of assignment documents, from | 50.00 | 101.00 | 74.00 | ||
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3) Renewals (per design per class) |
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| 3.1 | Paying renewal fees on South African designs: | ||||
| 3.1.1 | 4th to 6th year, per year | 103.00 | 208.00 | 152.00 | |
| 3.1.2 | 7th to 8th year, per year | 100.00 | 203.00 | 148.00 | |
| 3.1.3 | 9th to 10th year, per year | 101,00 | 206.00 | 150.00 | |
| 3.1.4 | 11th to 12th year, per year | 103.00 | 210.00 | 153.00 | |
| 3.1.5 | 13th to 14th year, per year | 105.00 | 214.00 | 156.00 | |
| 3.1.6 | 15th year | 107.00 | 218.00 | 159.00 | |
| 3.2 | Extension of time for paying renewal fees in South Africa: | ||||
| 3.2.1 | One month’s extension | 51.00 | 104.00 | 76.00 | |
| 3.2.2 | For each addition month up to a maximum of 6 moths ADD | 6,00 | 11,00 | 9,00 | |
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4) Searches |
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| 4.1 | Inspecting official register in respect of: | ||||
| 4.1.1 | one design | 66.00 | 133.00 | 97.00 | |
| 4.1.2 | each additional design, at the same time | 19.00 | 38.00 | 28.00 | |
| 4.2 | Name index search in respect of: | ||||
| 4.2.1 | one name searched, from | 88.00 | 178.00 | 130.00 | |
| 4.2.2 | each additional name search at the same time, from | 41.00 | 84.00 | 61.00 | |
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5) Litigation |
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| Per hour, depending upon the seniority of the para-legal or attorney (see 6.5 below) | |||||
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6) General |
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| 6.1 | Receiving, perusing and preparing any document (per folio) (depending on complexity, time taken, etc.) | 15,00 - 30.00 |
30,00 - 60,00 |
22,00 - 44,00 |
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| 6.2 | Typing documents (per folio and where not included in 1 above) | 8.00 | 16,50 | 12,00 | |
| 6.3 | Translations from French or German (excluding typing) per 100 words, from | 13,00 | 26,00 | 19,00 | |
| 6.4 | Photocopies (per page) | 0,70 | 1,40 | 1.00 | |
| 6.5 | Professional time charge (per hour) | ||||
| 6.5.1 | qualified practitioner | 159.00 | 322.00 | 235.00 | |
| 6.5.2 | practitioner qualified for 10 years or more | 259.00 | 526.00 | 384.00 | |
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