Section 20Part 0 —
Falsely representing a design right as registered
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A person who —
falsely represents that a design applied to any article sold by that person is registered in the Register in respect of that article; or
after a registered design right has expired, marks any article to which the design has been applied with the word "registered", or any word or words implying that there is a subsisting design right in respect of the article under this Law,
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $10,000.
For the purpose of this section a person who sells an article having stamped, engraved or impressed thereon or otherwise applied thereto the word "registered", or any other word expressing or implying that the design applied to the article is registered, is deemed to represent that the design applied to the article is registered as a design right in respect of that article.