WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE 
ORGANIZACION MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights IPlNll INORIDIl/Rev. 1 
15 September 1998 
(98-3488) 
Original: English/ 
Anglais/ 
Ingles 
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
NORWAY 
Revision 
The present document reproduces! a consolidated version of the Designs Act, amended by 
Act No. 82 of 22 December 1995 and Act No. 104 of 20 December 1996, as notified by Norway 
under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IPINIlINORl2). 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriete 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
PRINCIP ALES LOIS ET REGLEMENTATIONS CONSACREES A 
LA PROPRIETE INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIEES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
NORVEGE 
Revision 
Le present document contient le texte! mis it jour de la Loi sur les dessins et modeles, 
modifiee par la Loi nO 82 du 22 decembre 1995 et par la Loi nO 104 du 20 decembre 1996, et notifiee 
par la Norvege au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document IPINIlINORl2). 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA PROPIEDAD 
INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD DEL pARRAFO 2 
DEL ARTiCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
NORUEGA 
Revision 
En el presente documento se reproduce! una version refundida de la Ley de Dibujos y 
Modelos Industriales, modificada por la Ley N° 82 de 22 de diciembre de 1995 y la Ley N° 104 de 
20 de diciembre de 1996, notificada por Noruega en virtud de 10 dispuesto en el parrafo 2 del 
articulo 63 del Acuerdo (vease el documento IPIN/IINORl2). 
! In English onlylEn anglais seulementlEn ingles solamente. IPINIIINORIDlllRev.l 
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NORWEGIAN PATENT OFFICE 
Designs Act 
Act No. 33 of May 29} 1970} as amended by Act No. 2 of February 8} 1980} 
Act No. 82 of December 22} 1995 and Act No. 104 of December 20} 1996 
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Chapter 1 
General Provisions 
Section 1 
In the present Act the tenu "design" is to be understood as the model for 
the appearance of an article or for an ornament. 
The author of a design or the person to whom his right has been transfer-
red may through registration in accordance with this Act obtain an exclusive 
right to use the design for the purposes of a trade or business (design right). 
Section 2 
A design shall be registered only when it differs essentially from what was 
known prior to the filing date of the application for registration. 
Everything that has become available to the public as a result of reproduc-
tion, exhibition, offering for sale or in any other way is deemed to be known. 
Furthenuore, a design that is not available to the public is also deemed to be 
known if the design is evident from an application in this country for patent 
or for registration of a trademark or design, where such application has been 
-or pursuant to the relevant provisions is deemed to have been -filed prior to 
the date referred to in the first paragraph, provided that the design is subse­
quently made available to the public in connection with the application proce­
dure. 
Section 3 
A design may be registered notwithstanding the fact that during the six 
months immediately prior to the filing of the application it has become availa­
ble to the public 
1) in consequence of manifest abuse with respect to the applicant or the per-
son from whom he derives title, or 
2) due to the display of the design by the applicant or the person from whom 
he derives title at an official or officially recognised international exhibition. 
Section 4 
A design may not be registered 
1) if the design or the use thereof would be contrary to decency or public 
order, 
2) if, without authorisation, the design contains 
a) official coats of anus, flags or other official emblems or insignia, including 
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4 the official national or foreign certification or hallmarks or stamps required 
for articles identical with or similar to those for which the design is sought 
registered, or coats of arms, flags or other emblems, abbreviations or desig­
nations belonging to intergovernmental organisations, or international 
marks, seals or signs when unauthorised use thereof is forbidden by law. Nor 
must the design be registered if it contains anything that is liable to be confu­
sed with such emblems or marks, etc. as referred to herein; 
b) anything which is liable to be understood as another person's business 
name or trademark, or as the name or portrait of another person unless it 
manifestly refers to a person long since deceased; 
c) anything that is liable to be understood as the distinctive title of the pro­
tected artistic, literary or musical work of another person, or that 
infringes another's copyright to such a work or his right to a 
photographic illustration; 
d) anything that does not differ essentially from designs registered in this 
country in the name of another person. 
Section 5 
Subject to the exceptions laid down in this Act, the right to a design impli­
es that no one other than the holder of the design right (the design right hol­
der) may without authorisation make use of the design for the purposes of a 
trade or business by manufacturing, importing into the country, offering for 
sale, transferring or leasing goods, the appearance of which does not differ 
essentially from the design or which includes something that does not differ 
essentially therefrom. 
The design right relates only to articles identical with or similar to the 
article for which the design has been registered. 
The use of design protected goods which have been put on sale within the 
European Economic Area by the design right holder or with his consent is 
excepted from the design right. 
Section 6 
Anyone using the design for the purposes of a trade or business in this 
country at the time the application for registration of the design was filed 
may, notwithstanding the design right, continue such use whilst retaining its 
general character, provided that such use did not entail a manifest abuse with 
respect to the applicant or the person from whom he derives title. Under 
similar conditions, any person who had made substantial preparations to use 
the design for the purposes of a trade or business in this country shall have 
the same right of use. 
The right referred to in the first paragraph may only be transferred toget­
her with the business in which it has arisen or in which the use was intended 
to take place. 
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The King may decree that, notwithstanding a design right, spare parts 
and accessories for aircraft may he imported into this country in order to be 
used for the repair of aircraft belonging to a foreign country which concedes 
similar rights with respect to Norwegian aircraft. 
Section 8 
The King may decree that an application for the registration of a design 
for which protection has been sought outside this country prior to the filing 
date shall, in relation to the provisions in sections 2 and 6, he deemed upon 
request to have been filed at the same time as the application outside this 
country. 
The King shall specify the actual conditions under which a right of priori­
ty as referred to herein may be asserted. 
Chapter 2 
The Application for Registration and the Processing thereof 
Section 9 
The registering authority is Styret for det industrielle retlsvern (the 
Patent Office). 
Section 10 
Applications for the registration of a design shall be filed in writing with 
the Patent Office. 
The application shall contain information concerning the article for which 
registration of the design is sought. The author of the design shall be named 
in the application. If registration is sought by someone other than the author 
of the design, the applicant shall document his right to the design. 
The application shall he accompanied by a picture showing the design. If, 
before the design is registered, the applicant also submits a model, this 
model shall be deemed to show the design. Furthermore, the application 
shall be accompanied by a declaration signed by the applicant to the effect 
that to his knowledge the design was not known prior to the date on which 
the application was filed or is deemed to have been filed, cf. section 8, in any 
manner that according to section 2, cf. section 3, would preclude registration 
of the design. 
The applicant shall pay the prescribed application fee and additional fees, 
cf. section 48. 
Section 11 
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6 An application may include more than one design if the articles for which 
registration of the designs has been sought are interrelated with respect to 
manufacture and use. An application for such multiple registration may com­
prise at most 20 designs and may not relate to ornaments. 
Section 12 
Any applicant who is not resident in this country shall have a representati­
ve domiciled in this country to represent him in all matters concerning the 
application. 
Section 13 
An application for the registration of a design shall not be deemed to have 
been filed until the applicant has submitted a picture or model showing the 
design. An application may not be altered so as to relate to a design or an arti­
cle other than the design or article disclosed in the application. 
Section 14 
When examining the application for registration of a design, the Patent 
Office shall, to the extent determined by the King, establish whether the con­
ditions for registration of the design have been fulfilled. If the applicant has 
not complied with the requirements prescribed, or if the Patent Office has 
other objections to the registration, the applicant shall be notified thereof and 
invited to submit his observations or make amendments within a specified 
time limit. 
If the applicant fails within the specified time limit to submit his observati­
ons or to take steps to remedy a defect to which his attention has been 
drawn, the application shall be shelved. Advice of this consequence shall be 
included in the Patent Office's notification according to the first paragraph. 
However, the processing of the application shall be resumed if, within two 
months after the expiration of the said time limit, the applicant submits a sta­
tement or takes steps to amend the application and, within the same time 
limit, pays a prescribed resumption fee. Resumption may be requested only 
once. 
Section 15 
If, after the receipt of the applicant's reply, the Patent Office still finds any 
objection to the registration, and the applicant has had an opportunity to 
comment upon the objection, the application shall be refused unless the 
Patent Office finds grounds for further correspondence with the applicant. 
Section 16 
If anyone claims before the Patent Office that he and not the applicant has 
the right to a design, the Patent Office may, if the matter is found questiona­
ble, request the person concerned to institute legal proceedings within a spe-IP/NIl/NORID/l/Rev.l 
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cified time limit to have the matter tried in a court of law, whilst informing 
him that if he does not comply with the request, his claim may be disregar­
ded during the continued processing of the application. 
If the question of the right to the design is under litigation, the. processing 
of the application for registration may be suspended pending the court's final 
decision. 
Section 17 
If anyone proves to the satisfaction of the Patent Office that he and not ·the 
applicant is entitled to the design, the Patent Office shall transfer the applica­
tion to him if he so requests. The transferee shall pay a new application fee. 
If a request for transfer of an application has been made, the application 
must not be altered, shelved, refused or accepted until the request for trans­
fer has been finally settled. 
Section 18 
If the application is in the prescribed form and no objection has been 
found to the registration, the design shall be registered. Upon the applicant's 
request, the registration may however be deferred for a period of up to six 
months from the filing date of the application, or if priority as referred to in 
section 8 is claimed, from the date from which priority is claimed. Request 
for deferment shall be made on the application form. 
When a design is registered, notice thereof shall be published. 
Section 19 
If the applicant has not requested deferment of the registration pursuant 
to section 18, all the documents in the application shall be made available to 
the public from the filing date of the application. 
If deferment has been requested, the documents shall be made available 
to the public at the end of the deferment period even though registration pur­
suant to section 18 will not yet take place. However, if at this time the applica­
tion is shelved or refused, the documents shall not be made available unless 
the applicant requests resumption of proceedings or files an appeal against 
the decision. 
Proposals, drafts, reports and other similar working papers that the Patent 
Office prepares in connection with the processing of an application shall not 
be made available unless the Patent Office decides otherwise. 
Section 20 
Any person may file an opposition to the registration of a design. A notice 
of opposition shall be presented in writing, shall state the grounds for opposi­
tion and shall be filed with the Patent Office within four months from the date 
on which notice of registration was published. In special cases, the Patent 
Office may upon request grant the opponent a short additional time limit in 
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8 which to provide further documentation in support of the opposition. 
An opposition founded on the claim that the design has been registered 
for someone other than the person who according to section 1 is entitled to 
obtain registration, may only be put forward by the person claiming to have 
the right to the design. The opposition may include a request to have the 
registration transferred to the opponent. 
The Patent Office shall dismiss an opposition which does not fulfil the con­
ditions in the first and second paragraphs. 
The Patent Office shall notify the design right holder of any oppositions 
and shall give him an opportunity to submit his observations thereon. Section 
12 applies correspondingly to the design right holder during the opposition 
proceedings. 
If an opposition to the registration of a design is filed, this shall be entered 
in the Register of Designs and notice thereof published. 
Even if the opposition is withdrawn, the opposition proceedings may cont­
inue if special circumstances so indicate. 
Section 21 
Following an opposition the Patent Office shall cancel the registration of a 
design wholly or partly if the design has been registered in contravention of 
sections 1 to 4, and the obstacle to registration subsists. 
If the opponent claims he is entitled to a design registration and in the 
opposition has requested that the registration be transferred to him, the 
Patent Office shall transfer the registration to the opponent instead of cancel­
ling the registration if it finds that it is the opponent who pursuant to section 
1 is entitled to obtain registration. The second and third paragraphs of secti­
on 32 apply correspondingly. 
The Patent Office shall reject an opposition if there is no obstacle as refer­
red in the first paragraph to sustaining the design registration. 
When the Patent Office's decision in respect of an opposition is final, noti­
ce of the decision shall be entered in the Register of Designs and published. 
Section 22 
The final first instance decision with respect to an application for registra­
tion may be appealed to the second instance department of the Patent Office, 
the Board of Appeals, if the decision is not in the applicant's favour. 
The final first instance decision with respect to an opposition may be appe­
aled to the Board of Appeals by the design right holder or the opponent if the 
decision is not in favour of the party concerned. 
If a request for resumption in accordance with section 14, third paragraph, 
is refused, or a request for transfer in accordance with section 17 is accepted, 
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Appeals. If a request for transfer in accordance with section 17 is refused, the 
person requesting the transfer may appeal against the decision. 
Section 23 
An appeal must be filed with the Patent Office within two months from the 
date on which notification of the decision was sent to the party concerned. 
The stipulated fee shall be paid within the same time limit. Failing this, the 
appeal will not be considered. 
Even if the appeal is withdrawn, it may be examined if special circumstan­
ces so indicate. 
A decision whereby the Board of Appeals refuses an application for the 
registration of a design, cancels a registration or upholds a first instance 
decision to cancel a registration, cannot be brought before the courts later 
than two months after the applicant or design right holder has been notified 
of the refusal. Information with respect to the time limit for taking legal acti­
on shall be included in the notification. 
Re-establishment of rights cannot be granted in cases of non-observance 
of the time limits stipulated in this section. 
Section 19, third paragraph, applies correspondingly to documents which 
are drawn up by the Board of Appeals. 
Chapter 3 
Period of Validity of the Design Registration 
Section 24 
The design registration is valid for up to five years from the date on which 
the application for registration was filed, and may upon request be renewed 
for two further periods of five years each. Each such five-year period is effec­
tive from the expiration of the preceding period. 
Section 25 
Applications for renewal of the registration shall be made in writing to the 
Patent Office no earlier than one year before and no later than six months 
after the expiration of a current period of registration. Within the same peri­
od the applicant shall pay the prescribed renewal fee and additional fees, cf. 
section 48. Failing this, the application shall be refused. 
When a registration is renewed, notice thereof shall be published. 
Chapter 4 
Licences, Assignments, etc 
Section 26 
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If the design right holder has granted another person the right to use the 
design for the purposes of a trade or business Oicence), the licensee may not 
assign his right to others unless otherwise agreed. 
If the licence is a part of a business, it may however be assigned together 
with the business in the absence of an agreement to the contrary. In such a 
case, the assignor shall remain responsible for the fulfilment of the licence 
agreement. 
Section 271 
If a design right has been transferred to another person, or a licence has 
been granted or has been assigned to another person, an entry to this effect 
shall be made in the Register of Designs upon request by one of the parties 
and subject to payment of the prescribed fee. If a licence entered in the 
Register has ceased to be valid, this fact shall also, upon request by one of 
the parties, be recorded in the Register. 
The provisions in the first paragraph shall apply correspondingly to the 
transfer and termination of compulsory licences and to the right referred to 
in section 32, second paragraph. With respect to the registration of attach­
ments, section 7-20, eighth paragraph, of the Enforcement Act applies. 
In the case of a multiple registration, the transfer of the design right may 
only be registered when it relates to all the designs. 
Legal actions concerning a design right may always be brought against 
the person registered as the design right holder, and notifications from the 
Patent Office will be sent to that person. 
The voluntary assignment of a design right or the grant of licence filed for 
registration shall in the case of dispute have priority over a voluntary assign­
ment or grant of licence for which entry has not been requested or was 
requested later, provided that the holder of the right was acting in good faith 
at the time he filed for registration. 
Section 28 
Any person who, at the time an application for registration was made avai­
lable to the public, was using the design in this country for the purposes of a 
trade or business, may, if the application results in registration, obtain a com­
pulsory licence for the use of the design, if special reasons therefor exist, and 
if he had no knowledge of the application when he started to use the design, 
and could not reasonably have obtained knowledge thereof. Under the same 
conditions, any person who has made substantial preparations to use the 
design for the purposes of a trade or business in this country shall be entitled 
to a compulsory licence. A compulsory licence may also cover the period pri­
or to the registration of the design. 
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Section 29 
A compulsory licence may only be granted to a person considered capa­
ble of using the design in a manner that is proper and in accordance with the 
terms of the licence. 
A compulsory licence does not prevent the design right holder himself 
from using the design or from granting licences to others. A compulsory 
licence may only be transferred together with the business in which the use 
was intended to take place. 
Section 30 
A compulsory licence is issued by the court, which also decides the 
extent to which the design may be used, and detennines the compensation to 
be paid and other terms of the licence. When a substantial change in circum­
stance so demands, the court may upon request by each of the parties revoke 
the licence or lay down new conditions therefor. 
Chapter 5 
Termination of the Registration, etc 
Section 31 
If a design has been registered contrary to sections 1 to 4, and if an obsta­
cle to registration subsists, the registration may be found invalid by the 
court. However, the registration may not be found invalid on the grounds 
that the design right holder was only in part entitled to the design. 
Legal actions based on allegations that the design is registered for someo­
ne other than the person who is entitled to obtain registration according to 
section 1, may only be brought by the person who claims to be entitled to the 
design. Such action must be brought within one year after acquiring know­
ledge of the registration and the other facts on which the action is based. If 
the design right holder was acting in good faith when the design was registe­
red or the design right was transferred to him, an action may not under any 
circumstances be instituted later than three years after the registration of the 
design. 
Subject to the exceptions stated in the second paragraph, anyone may 
bring an action in pursuance of this section. 
In the event of non-observance of the time limit referred to in the second 
paragraph re-establishment of rights cannot be granted. 
Section 32 
If a design has been registered in the name of a person other than the per­
son entitled thereto according to section 1, the rightful holder may request a 
court decision ordering that the registration be transferred to him. The time 
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limits in section 31, second paragraph shall apply to legal actions as referred 
to herein. 
If the person dispossessed of the design registration has begun in good 
faith to use the registration for the purposes of a trade or business or has 
made substantial preparations for that purpose, he shall be entitled, on pay­
ment of reasonable compensation and on other reasonable conditions, to 
continue such use or start the intended use whilst retaining its general cha­
racter. Under the same conditions, holders of registered licences shall have 
the same right. 
A right pursuant to the second paragraph may only be transferred to 
others together with the business in which the right has arisen or in which 
the use was intended to take place. 
Section 33 
The design shall be expunged from the Register at the written request of 
the design right holder. 
If a legal action concerning transfer of the registration has been brought 
or if the design right is the subject of an attachment, the design may not be 
expunged from the Register upon request of the right holder until a final 
decision has been taken in the action or the attachment has been dropped. 
Chapter 6 
Duty of Disclosure 
Section 34 
An applicant who invokes his application against another person before 
the application has become available to the public is under obligation upon 
request to allow the person concerned access to the application documents. 
Any person who by direct communication with another or in advertise­
ments or by the marking of goods or their packaging or in any other way indi­
cates that registration of a design has been applied for is obliged, if so reque­
sted, to provide without undue delay such information. Where it is not expli­
citly stated that registration has been applied for or obtained, but the circum­
stances are such as to bring about the belief that this is the case, information 
shall, if requested, be given without undue delay as to whether registration 
has been applied for or obtained. 
Chapter 7 
Provisions concerning Legal Protection, etc 
Section 35 
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Anyone who deliberately infringes a design right (design infringement) 
or who contributes thereto, shall be liable to a fine or to imprisonment for a 
period of up to three months. 
Public prosecution shall only take place at the request of the injured party. 
Section 36 
Anyone who deliberately or through negligence commits design infringe­
ment is liable to pay compensation for the use of the design and for any fur­
ther damage caused by the infringement. If the negligence was minimal, the 
amount of compensation may be reduced. 
If the infringement is committed without negligence and in good faith, the 
court may order the infringer to pay damages to the extent deemed reasona­
ble, but not exceeding the presumed profit from the infringement. 
Section 37 
In the case of infringement of a design the court may, to the extent dee­
med reasonable for preventing continued infringement, at the request of the 
injured party, order that goods which without authorisation have been produ­
ced in or imported into this country, or articles whose use would constitute 
design infringement, shall be altered in a prescribed manner, destroyed or 
deposited in safe custody for the remainder of the period of protection, or in 
the case of goods produced or imported without authorisation, be surrende­
red to the injured party against compensation. This does not apply to a third­
party who, in good faith, has acquired the goods or articles in question or 
rights thereto and who has not committed infringement. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph, the court may, whe­
re special grounds exist and if so requested, grant permission for the control 
of goods that have been manufactured or imported without authorisation 
during the period of protection of the design or part thereof against reasona­
ble compensation and on otherwise reasonable terms. 
Section 38 
If anyone without authorisation uses for the purposes of a trade or busi­
ness a design for which registration has been sought, and if the use takes pla­
ce after the documents have become available to the public in accordance 
with section 19, sections 36 and 37 shall apply correspondingly, provided the 
application results in a registration. However compensation for damage due 
to use prior to the publication of a notice of registration in accordance with 
section 18 shall always be limited as stipulated in section 36, second para­
graph. 
The statutory period of limitation for claims in accordance with this provi­
sion does not commence until the design has been registered. 
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Section 39 
In civil cases relating to design infringement a decision in favour of the 
defendant may not be made on the grounds that the registration is invalid or 
that its transfer may be claimed, cf. sections 31 and 32, unless a judgement 
declaring the registration invalid or ordering its transfer has first been pas­
sed. However, a judgement in favour of the defendant may be based upon the 
cancellation or transfer of the registration pursuant to section 21. 
Section 40 
Anyone who deliberately or through negligence violates the provisions in 
section 34 shall be liable to a fine and liable to pay compensation for the 
damage caused to the extent deemed reasonable. 
Public prosecution shall only take place at the request of the injured party. 
Chapter 8 
Provisions concerning Legal Proceedings 
Section 41 
The following legal actions may be brought before the Oslo City Court 
(Oslo byrett): 
l.Actions relating to the right to a design for which registration has 
been sought under the present Act. 
2. Actions relating to the review of a decision whereby the Board of 
Appeals refuses an application for registration of a design, cancels a 
registration or upholds a irst instance decision to cancel a 
registration, cf. section 23, third paragraph. 
3. Actions relating to the invalidation or transfer of a 
registereddesign,cf. sections 31 or 32. 
The Oslo City Court is the forum conveniens for applicants and design 
right holders who are not resident in this country. 
Section 42 
Anyone bringing a legal action concerning invalidation or transfer of a 
registration to himself or concerning a compulsory licence shall at the same 
time notify the Patent Office and in a registered letter give notice of the action 
to any licensee entered in the Register and whose address is recorded the­
rein. A licensee wishing to bring action for design infringement shall in the 
same way notify the design right holder, provided his name and address is 
recorded in the Register. 
If the plaintiff does not document that the notification mentioned in the 
first paragraph has been sent, the court may fix a time limit in which this noti­
fication is to be made. If the time limit granted is not observed, the action 
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shall be dismissed. 
Section 43 
The court shall send the Patent Office transcripts of judgements in civil 
actions brought in accordance with the present Act. 
Chapter 9 
Miscellaneous Provisions 
Section 44 
Anyone is entitled to inspect the Register of Designs and for a fee obtain 
certified copies thereof and certified copies of an application with enclosures 
after it has been made available to the public pursuant to section 19. 
Section 45 
A design right holder who is not resident in this country shall have a 
representative domiciled in this country and entered in the Register of 
Designs, who is empowered to receive on his behalf delivery of writs and 
other procedural communications concerning the design. 
If the design right holder does not have such a representative, service of 
process may be effected by sending the document concerned by registered 
mail to the address recorded in the Register of Designs. In such cases secti­
on 178 of the Courts of Justice Act shall apply. 
If there is no record of a complete address in the Register, a document in 
which a legal action is brought or where the court otherwise finds grounds, 
may be served by publishing the document or an extract thereof in Norsk 
Lysningsblad (the Norwegian Official Gazette) and in the publication issued 
by the Patent Office, with a statement to the effect that the document may be 
collected from the office of the court. In such case, section 181, fourth para­
graph, of the Courts of Justice Act shall apply, although in such manner that 
the date of the notification in the publication issued by the Patent Office shall 
replace the date of posting a notice in the court. 
Section 46 
Subject to reciprocity, the King may decree that the provisions in section 
12 or section 45 shall not apply to applicants or design right holders domici­
led in the foreign country concerned or who have a representative resident 
there whose name has been given to the registering authorities in this coun­
try and who has the powers referred to in said provisions. In such a case, the 
writ or communication shall be served in accordance with the general provi­
sions in Chapter 9 of the Courts of Justice Act. 
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Section 47 
The King shall issue further provisions concerning applications for regi­
stration and renewal and the processing thereof, oppositions and the proces­
sing thereof, the Register of Designs, the publication issued by the Patent 
Office and the general implementation of this Act. In this connection, it may 
be decided that the journals of the Patent Office relating to applications filed 
and the processing thereof shall be available to the public. 
Section 48 
When applying for registration of a design or renewal of a design registra­
tion an application or renewal fee shall be paid and also, if necessary, the fol­
lowing additional fees: a class fee for each class in excess of one, a multiple 
registration fee for each design in excess of one, a storage fee for the storage 
of models, and a publication fee for the publication of each picture in excess 
of one. An increased renewal fee shall be paid after the expiration of a current 
period of registration. 
The King shall determine the fees referred to in this Act as well as the 
actual rules for the payment thereof. When altering the renewal fees he may 
determine that the new fees shall apply also to prior registrations. The King 
shall also determine the fees for entry in the Register of Designs and for copi­
es and certificates issued by the Patent Office. 
Chapter 10 
Provisions for Entty into Force and Transitional Provisions 
Section 49 
This Act shall enter into force on October 1, 1970. At the same time, the 
Designs Act of July 2,1910, with subsequent amendments, shall be repealed. 
However, the former Act shall apply to applications filed on or before 
September 30, 1970, and for designs which have been or will be registered in 
pursuance of such applications. However, the provision in section 1, third 
paragraph, of the former Act shall not apply to artistic, literary or musical 
works if the design protection therefor expires after September 30, 1971. 
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