(a) limitations relating to the extent, the scope or the duration of exploitation of the
certificate of registration of the registered utility model;
(b) the obligation on the licensee to abstain from any act liable to harm the validity of
the registered utility model.
(3) In the absence of provisions to the contrary in the license contract, the license shall
not be assignable to third parties and the licensee shall not be authorized to grant sublicenses.
Article 33
Recognition of Invalid Clauses
Recognition of the invalid clauses referred to in Article 32 above shall be done by the
civil court at the request of any interested party.
TITLE V
INVALIDITY, FORFEITURE
AND ACTIONS RELATING THERETO
Section I
Invalidity and Forfeiture
Article 34
Invalidity
(1) Utility models registered in the following cases shall be declared invalid:
(a) if, under the provisions of Articles 2 and 3 of this Annex, the utility model is not
new and not industrially applicable;
(b) if the utility model cannot be registered under Article 4 above, without prejudice to
the penalties that might be incurred for the manufacture or marketing of prohibited articles;
(c) if the specification attached to the utility model does not conform to the provisions
of Article 11(d)(i) above, or if it does not state in a complete and honest manner the true
methods of the applicant.
(2) Improvements that are not connected with the utility model, as provided for in this
Annex, shall likewise be declared invalid.
(3) Invalidity may relate to all or only some of the claims.
Article 35
Forfeiture
(1) The owner of the certificate of registration of the utility model who has not paid his
annual fees on the anniversary date of the filing of his application shall forfeit all his rights.
(2) The person concerned shall however be allowed a six-month period of grace within
which he may still validly pay the annual fees. In that case, he shall also pay an additional
fee.
(3) Payments made to complement annual or additional fees during the six-month
period mentioned above shall be considered valid.
(4) Payments made as annual or additional fees payable for an application for
registration of a utility model resulting from conversion into an application for a certificate of