Section 55, The Patents and Industrial Design Act, 2012

55. (1) The Registrar shall publish the following details foreach industrial design granted:- (a) the number of the industrial design; (b) the name and address of the owner of the design; (c) the name and address of the creator of the design, unless he has requested not to be mentioned on the certificate of registration; (d) the name and address of the agent if there is one; (e) the date of filing of the application; (f) mention of priority, if priority has been validly claimed; (g) the date of registration of the design; (h) the title of the design; and (i) a reproduction of a specimen of the design (2) The Registrar shall establish and determine the conditions of publication of the specification of the model, specimen or design and shall make them available for inspection upon request. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where a request has been made under subsection (6) of section 51 for the deferment of publication upon registration of the industrial design, neither the representation of the design nor any file relating to the application shall be open to public inspection. (4) After granting the request for deferment of publication, the Registrar shall publish a mention of such deferment and information identifying the registered owner and indicating the filing date of the application, the length of the period for which deferment has been requested and any other prescribed particulars. (5) The Registrar shall publish the registered industrial design at the expiry date of the period of deferment. (6) The institution of legal proceedings on the basis of a registered industrial design during the period of deferment of publication shall be subject to the condition that the information contained in the Register and in the file relating to the application has been communicated to the person against whom the action is brought.