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The presentation of the Minister for Trade and Industry is governed by the Law of 11 January 1991 on the exclusive right to an integrated circuit model (2011) Under Articles 14 and 46:
The registration of a quail model is sought from the Government of the Patent and Registration Office ('the registries').
The application for registration shall be the application letter and the annexes.
The letter of application shall be signed by the applicant or by his agent and shall include:
(1) the name, address, address of the applicant and, where the applicant is represented by an agent, including his name and address;
(2) the year of creation of the district model and the name and address of the creator and, if he is not a Finnish national or has no habitual residence in Finland, including his nationality and his habitual residence;
(3) if the district model has been applied to the public prior to the application for registration, a first report on the date of the release to the public;
(4) the short name of the district model referred to in the application for registration;
(5) a declaration that the district model is the result of creative and original intellectual work and that it has not been directly copied from another district model; and
6) an indication of the annexes to the application letter.
The application letter shall be accompanied by:
(1) the material required to identify the circuit model;
(2) if the applicant is represented by an agent, a proxy issued to him; and
(3) if any other than the applicant has created a district model, a statement indicating the applicant's right.
The application letter shall be accompanied by a certificate of payment of the registration fee.
The application shall be drawn up in Finnish or Swedish in accordance with the language legislation in force. The name of the model shall be given in Finnish and Swedish. The foreign language document attached to the application shall be translated into Finnish or Swedish if required by the registry authority.
The application shall relate to the district model as it was on the date of the application or, if the district model has been applied to the public before the application for registration was lodged, as it was for the first time for the distribution to the public Time.
The material required to identify the model model shall include drawings or photographs:
1) the district model;
(2) from the mask or part thereof from which the integrated circuit is produced or can be produced; and
3) separate layers of the integrated circuit.
In addition, in order to identify the district model, it may be provided with information tools for which information on the circuit model is stored in a computer-readable form, the results of such files, further studies and a circuit model Integrated circuits.
If the registration of the circuit model is only a part of the whole, on the basis of which the integrated circuit is produced or can be produced, an explanation shall be given of the part of the total area to be registered by the district model.
A sub-model of an integral part of an integrated circuit shall not be required to provide a drawing or other explanation if the parts included in the application are sufficient to identify the circuit model.
The material required to identify the model shall be given in duplicate. Drawings and other written material must be a4 (210 mm x 297 mm).
Articles 7 to 9 have been repealed by A 21.5.1999/694 .
The registration authority shall indicate the application number and the date of arrival in the application for registration.
The application for registration shall be deemed to have arrived only when the application letter containing the information referred to in Article 2 (2) (1) to (5), proof of payment of the registration fee and the material referred to in Article 5 (1) have arrived at the registry authority. The registration authority shall inform the applicant of the date of arrival of the application.
The registration authority shall keep a diary of incoming registration applications. The diary is public.
For each application, the diary shall:
1) the date of arrival of the application and the application number;
(2) the name, address and address of the applicant;
(3) if the applicant is represented by an agent, his name and address;
4) the name of the district model;
(5) the written pleadings and payments made; and
6) decisions taken in this case.
The district model shall be entered in the circuit model if:
1) the application concerns an integrated circuit model; and
(2) On the basis of the information provided, the application fulfils the exclusive right to an integrated circuit model (2011) Articles 4 and 5, 6 (3), 14 and 15.
A registration number shall be assigned to the relevant district model registry. A registration certificate shall be issued to the applicant.
Paragraph 13 has been repealed by A 21.5.1999/694 .
The registered district models are considered to be a district model registry.
The district model register shall indicate:
1) the number of the registration application and the registration number of the circuit model;
(2) the name, address and address of the holder of the registration and, if the holder of the registration is represented by an agent, his name and address;
3) the name of the district model; and
4) the date of arrival of the application, the date of entry and the date of registration.
Where the registration authority has been subject to a requirement to declare the registration of a district model to be invalid or have been notified of a claim for the transfer of the registration, it shall be entered in the district register.
Where, in the case referred to in paragraph 1, the registry authority has settled the claim for annulment of the registration of the district model or when a copy of the judicial decision has been submitted to the registration authority Of the Law of the (100/2013) Article 23 of Chapter 4 Or in accordance with Article 44 of the Act on the exclusive right to an integrated circuit, it shall be entered in a district model registry. In addition, the legal force obtained by the solution must be entered in the register.
The designation of the exclusive right to transfer the exclusive right within the meaning of Article 23 of the Law on the exclusive right shall include the name, domicile and address of the rightholder and the date of transfer. In the case of access, it shall be significant, upon request, whether the exclusive right holder is entitled to grant other access restrictions.
However, in the absence of an immediate solution to the question, the register shall indicate that the marking has been requested.
The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the marking of the right referred to in Article 30 (3) of the Law on the exclusive right to an integrated circuit.
If the exclusive right of the district model is foreclosed, it shall be entered on the basis of a notification to the district model registry.
The register shall also indicate a change in the agent.
If, under Article 31 (1) of the Law on the exclusive right, the holder of an exclusive right is to be registered under Article 31 (1) of the Law on the exclusive right, and if the right to use this exclusive right is entered in the register, it shall: For which access has been released, notify the waiver and allow him reasonable time to exercise his right to control the case before the district model is removed from the register.
Once the registration has ceased, the registration authority shall be removed from the register.
Where the district model has been removed from the register, or where the exclusive right of the district model has been transferred by a court decision, it shall be subject to the registration of the registry authority.
Alerts on the exclusive rights of the district model shall be published in the publication provided by the registry authority.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1991.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 1999.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2013.
