Filing of Design Application

Substitution of applicant or joint claiming ... (contd)..

b. A request for substitution of applicant shall be filed in Form-2 along with the required fee. If the above said requirements are fulfilled and the Controller is satisfied that, upon registration of design, the claimant would be entitled to any interest in the design the Controller may direct that the application shall proceed:

i. in the names of the claimant(s); or

ii. in the names of the claimant(s) and the applicant or the other joint applicant(s), as the case may be.

c. However, in case of joint applicants, the Controller shall not pass such direction without with the consent of the other joint applicant(s).