🏛️ The Design Registration Dilemma

🌟 Imagine this: Your company has a registered design, but you forget to renew it on time. A competitor notices and starts copying your design during this gap period. Later, you restore your registration - but can you sue them for what they did during the lapse?

💡 What You'll Discover:

• 🔍 How **Section 14(2) of the Design Act 2000** protects gap-period users from lawsuits
• ⚖️ The "public certainty" principle that balances original owners vs. good faith copiers
• 🎯 Why restoration gives you future rights but not past remedies
• ⭐ The one-year deadline rule that can make or break your design rights

🚀 Real Scenario Explored:

• 💎 **InventCo vs. Rapid Copy Limited** - The aerodynamic bicycle frame case that shows exactly how the law works
• ⭐ **Controller's Powers under Section 14(1)** - How authorities can impose conditions during restoration

🎙️ This episode turns a complex legal maze into a simple story that every business owner needs to understand. One small oversight in renewal timing can create surprising legal consequences!