30Infringement of monopoly in designs

##### 30 Infringement of monopoly in designs (1) A person shall be deemed to infringe the monopoly in a registered design if he, without the licence or authority of the owner of the design: (a) applies the design or any fraudulent or obvious imitation of it to any article in respect of which the design is registered; (b) imports into Australia for sale, or for use for the purposes of any trade or business, any article in respect of which the design is registered and to which the design or any fraudulent or obvious imitation of it has been applied outside Australia without the licence or authority of the person who was the owner of the registered design at the time when the design or imitation was so applied; or (c) sells, or offers or keeps for sale, or hires, or offers or keeps for hire, any article: (i) to which the design or any fraudulent or obvious imitation of it has been applied in infringement of the monopoly in the design; or (ii) in respect of which the design is registered and to which the design or any fraudulent or obvious imitation of it has been applied outside Australia without the licence or authority of the person who was the owner of the registered design at the time when the design or imitation was so applied. (2) If any person infringes the monopoly in a registered design, the owner of the design may bring an action or proceeding against him for infringement of the monopoly in the design.