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(d) manner and form of payment;
(e) information security requirements; and
(f)
record retention requirements.
(3) The operational requirements may be published in different forms over different
parts of the CIPRO portal.
(4) Unless another form of electronic signature is specified in the operating
requirements, any signature requirement under the Act or these regulations in
respect of a record to be accessed from or lodged with CIPRO is satisfied by the
CIPRO customer entering his access code on the CIPRO system and any record
lodged after the CIPRO customer having entered the access code shall be
deemed to have been duly signed by the person whose signature is required
under the Act or these regulations for purposes of such record.
(5) Where any form under the Act or regulations makes provision for a signature and
such form is deemed to be signed as provided for in sub-regulation (4), it shall
not be necessary to have recorded on such form that it had been signed.
(6) Unless CIPRO receives prior written notification from the holder of an access
code to disable such access code, CIPRO shall be entitled to accept that the
person using electronic services is the person to whom the access code was
issued or such person’s duly authorized representative acting within the scope of
such person’s authority.
(7) CIPRO may suspend or terminate electronic services at any time without
incurring any liability for doing so: Provided that proper notice of such suspension
or termination shall be given and that such suspension or termination will not
effect existing rights of any person who has been using such electronic services.”.
CHAPTER I
PROCEDURE IN THE PATENT OFFICE (regs 2-67)
2.
F
ees
The fees to be paid in terms of the Act shall be the fees specified in Schedule 1 to
these regulations and shall be payable in such manner as the registrar may direct.
3.
F
orms
The forms referred to in these regulations are the forms contained in Schedule 2 hereto
and such forms, whether in paper form or in any electronic form authorized by the
registrar for electronic services, shall be used substantially in the manner prescribed for
those cases to which they apply, but may be modified or amended with the approval of
the registrar provided that such modifications or amendments shall not substantially
affect their identity.
4. The register and indices
The registrar shall cause to be entered in the register the particulars called for in Form
P2.
5.
The registrar shall maintain an alphabetical index of the names of all applicants for
patents, inventors and patentees on the register and may also maintain an alphabetical
index of the names of all assignees of patents or patent applications, registered
licensees and hypothec holders on the register.