United States of America
Sri Lanka
Industrial Designs
13. Please describe the procedure that must be followed to obtain protection for industrial designs, citing to the provisions of the law of Sri Lanka, and describe the nature of the protection provided.
(a) Application, examination of the application as to formalities and registration of the design without substantive examination and the publication of the design (Sections 33 to 41). (b) The registered owner has the right: (i) to reproduce and embody such industrial design in making a product; (ii) to import, offer for sale, sell or use a product embodying such industrial design; (iii) to stock, for the purpose of offering for sale, selling or using, a product embodying such industrial design; (iv) to assign or transmit the registration of the industrial design; (v) to conclude licence contracts.