Exercises Part 3

• How is a design registered in the UK?

• Can modifications be registered?

• How long does registration take?

• What will the Patent Office charge me?

1. Fill in the chart and translate both words in each line.

Adj.	Adv.
formal original initial total full current different	previously normally mainly

2. Find the modal verbs and expressions in the extract and explain their usage (must, can, may, should, need, have to).

3. Give Russian equivalents for the following word combinations paying attention to the differences in the translation of the first element.

1. Designs Registry

2. Patent Office

3. application form

4. Registration Certificate

5. filing fee

6. registration period

7. 5-year term

8. design registration fees

4 Search application application issued filing owner refused modified previously order force design succeeding . Put a word from the box into each gap.

1. The _______ of the design must provide representations of the design, _______ form and _______ fee.

2. The Registry make a _______ to determine if the particular design is “new”.

3. If the design is new and the formal requirements are met, a certificate is _____

4. If the registration is _______, there is right of appeal against it.

5. Further application may be made 1) either to register a _______ version of a previously registered _______ 2) or to obtain further registration of a _____ registered design to apply it to a different type of article.

6. A total of twelve months is allowed for an _____ to be put in _____.

7. If you wish to keep the registration in _____ after the initial 5-year period, fees have to be paid for each _____ 5-year term.

5. Answer the questions.

1. What must the owner of the design provide at the time of application?

2. What is the purpose of the search made by the Registry?

3. What are the 2 conditions of issuing a Certificate of Registration?

4. Why may registration be refused?

5. What action can the owner of the design take if his application is refused?

6. What does one need to do to protect a modified version of a previously registered design?

7. Is it possible to apply a registered design to a different type of article? How?

8. What are the minimum and the maximum terms of registration process?

9. Is the fee for processing an application in the UK higher or equal to the filing fee?

10. If one wishes to extend the registration in the UK, how often do fees have to be paid?

6. Speak on the design registration in full detail. Exercises Part 4

• Is timing of an application important?

• Does a UK registration give protection abroad?

• Can the Office help exploit a registered design?

• Can I tell anyone about my design?

1. Put the following sentences into the Past Simple and the Future Simple.

1. Early filing of an application establishes your priority over others.

2. Does a UK registration give protection abroad?

3. The Patent Office cannot provide any financial or other support.

4. Is timing of an application important?

5. You can tell anyone about the design after filing of the application.

6. Extreme care is needed to ensure that the design is not made public.

7. If disclosure is necessary, it must be made in the strictest confidence.