The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs o

 
 
 
Article 10
 
 
 
In the course of the first six months of the fifth year of the first period, the International Bureau shall give unofficial notice of expiration to the depositor of the design.
 
 
 
Article 11
 
 
 
(1)
 When the depositor desires to secure extension of the protection by transition to the second period he shall, before the expiration of the first period, file with the International Bureau an application for prolongation. 
 
(2)
 The International Bureau shall open the package, if sealed, shall publish in its journal notice of the prolongation granted, and shall notify all Offices thereof by sending to each the desired number of copies of the said journal. 
 
 
Article 12
 
 
 
Designs forming the subject of deposits which have not been prolonged, as well as those in respect of which protection has expired, shall, upon the request of the proprietors and at their expense, be returned to them as they stand. If unclaimed, they shall be destroyed at the end of two years.
 
 
 
Article 13
 
 
 
(1)
 Depositors may, at any time, renounce their deposit, either wholly or in part, by means of a declaration addressed to the International Bureau; the Bureau shall give such declaration the publicity referred to in Article 3. 
 
(2)
 Renunciation shall entail the return of the deposit to the depositor, at his expense. 
 
Article 14
 
 
 
If a court or any other competent authority orders the communication to it of a secret design, the International Bureau, when duly required, shall open the deposited package, shall extract therefrom the requested design, and shall remit it to the authority so requiring. Similar communication shall take place on request in the case of an unsealed design. The article thus communicated shall be returned in the shortest possible time and reincorporated in the sealed package or in the envelope, as the case may be. Such transactions may be subject to a fee, which shall be fixed by the Regulations.
 
 
 
Article 15
 
 
 
The fees for an international deposit and for the prolongation thereof, which shall be paid before registration of the deposit or of the prolongation can be proceeded with, shall be as follows:
 
 
1.
 for a single design, and in respect of the first period of five years: 5 francs; 
 
2.
 for a single design, upon expiration of the first period and in respect of the duration of the second period of ten years: 10 francs; 
 
3.
 for a multiple deposit, and in respect of the first period of five years: 10 francs; 
 
4.
 for a multiple deposit, upon expiration of the first period and in respect of the duration of the second period of ten years: 50 francs. 
 
 
Article 16
 
 
 
The net annual proceeds from fees shall be divided, as provided in Article 8 of the Regulations, among the contracting countries by the International Bureau, after deduction of the common expenses necessitated by the implementation of this Agreement.
 
 
 
Article 17
 
 
 
(1)
 The International Bureau shall record in its Registers all changes affecting the proprietorship of designs which are notified to it by the parties concerned; it shall publish them in its journal and shall announce them to all Offices by sending to each the desired number of copies of the said journal. 
 
(2)
 These transactions may be subject to a fee, which shall be fixed by the Regulations. 
 
(3)
 The proprietor of an international deposit may assign the rights in respect of part only of the designs included in a multiple deposit or in respect of one or several of the contracting countries only; but, in such cases, if the deposit has been made under sealed cover, the International Bureau shall open the package before recording the transfer in its Registers. 
 
 
Article 18
 
 
 
(1)
 The International Bureau shall deliver to any person, upon application, and on payment of a fee fixed by the Regulations, an abstract of the entries in the Register in connection with any given design. 
 
(2)
 Such abstract may, if the design lends itself thereto, be accompanied by a copy or a reproduction of the design, which has been supplied to the International Bureau and which the latter shall certify as being in conformity with the article deposited under open cover. If the Bureau is not in possession of such copies or reproductions, it shall have them made, on the request of interested parties and at their expense.