Invalidation of registration of registered design

(1) The Court may, on the application of any interested party, invalidate the registration of an industrial design either wholly or in part or in respect of any particular article in connection with which the design is registered on any of the following grounds, (a) that the design is not new; (b) that the applicant for registration is not the owner or his successor in title; 13 (c) that the application was made with the intention of defrauding the owner; or (d) any other ground on which the Registrar could have refused to register the design. (2) An application for the invalidation of a design shall be served on the person in whose name the design is registered and lodged with the Court in the manner and within the time prescribed. (3) An invalidated registration of an industrial design, or part thereof, shall be regarded as null and void from the date of the registration. (4) The Registrar of the Supreme Court shall notify the Registrar of the decision of the Court to invalidate a design and the Registrar shall publish a reference thereto in the Journal as soon as possible.