Hong Kong Regulations

REGISTERED DESIGNS RULES - SECT 62

Correction of errors in filed documents

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(1) A request for the correction of any error of translation or transcription
or of any clerical error or mistake in any document referred to in section
76(1) of the Ordinance (other than an address or address for service) shall be
made on the specified form and shall clearly identify the proposed correction.

(2) The Registrar may, if he thinks fit, require that the correction be shown
on a copy of the document of which correction is sought.

(3) The Registrar shall advertise the request and the nature of the proposed
correction in the Gazette.

(4) If any person wishes to oppose the request, he shall, within 2 months from
the date of the advertisement in the Gazette, file in duplicate a notice of
opposition in the specified form setting out fully the grounds on which the
opponent objects to the request and the facts on which he relies.

(5) If a person files a notice of opposition under subsection (4), the
Registrar shall forthwith send the duplicate to the person making the request.

(6) Within 3 months from the date of the sending of the duplicate of the
notice of opposition under subsection (5), the person making the request shall
file a counter-statement in the specified form setting out the grounds on
which he relies as supporting his request and the facts, if any, alleged in
the notice of opposition which he admits.

(7) The counter-statement shall be filed together with a duplicate which the
Registrar shall send to the opponent.

(8) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to
the subsequent procedure.