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rights, ownership and validity

2.1  Applications by co‑owners for directions
 (1) An application under section 17 of the Act must be in the approved form.
 (2) A person making an application under that section must file with the application a notice stating the facts on which the application is based.

2.2  Information made publicly available—recognised exhibitions
 (1) This regulation sets out:
 (a) for paragraph 24(1)(a) of the Act—a circumstance in relation to information made publicly available by, or with the consent of, the nominated person, patentee or predecessor in title of the nominated person or patentee; and
 (b) for subsection 24(1) of the Act—a period for making a complete application for an invention if the circumstance applies.

Circumstance—invention shown, used or published at recognised exhibition
 (2) The circumstance is that the information has been made publicly available because the invention was:
 (a) shown or used at a recognised exhibition; or
 (b) published during a recognised exhibition at which the invention was shown or used.

Period
 (3) The period for making a complete application for the invention is:
 (a) if the complete application claims priority from a basic application made within 6 months of the day of the showing, use or publication—12 months from the day the basic application was made; or
 (b) if the complete application is associated with a provisional application made within 6 months of the day of the showing, use or publication—12 months from the day the provisional application was made; or
 (c) otherwise—12 months from the day of the showing, use or publication.
 (4) In this regulation:
Paris Convention means the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of 20 March 1883, as in force for Australia on the commencing day.
recognised exhibition means:
 (a) an official or officially recognised international exhibition within the meaning of Article 11 of the Paris Convention or Article 1 of the Convention relating to International Exhibitions done at Paris on 22 November 1928, as in force for Australia on the commencing day; or
 (b) an international exhibition recognised by the Commissioner by a notice published in the Official Journal before the beginning of the exhibition.

2.2A  Information made publicly available—learned societies
 (1) This regulation sets out:
 (a) for paragraph 24(1)(a) of the Act—a circumstance in relation to information made publicly available by, or with the consent of, the nominated person, patentee or predecessor in title of the nominated person or patentee; and
 (b) for subsection 24(1) of the Act—a period for making a complete application for an invention if the circumstance applies.

Circumstance—information read before learned society or published by or on behalf of learned society
 (2) The circumstance is that the information has been made publicly available in