Article 34
Defense of Rights Granted
(1) Any beneficiary of a contractual or compulsory license may, by registered letter,
call upon the owner of a registered industrial design to bring the necessary legal action
seeking civil or criminal sanctions for any violation of the rights under the industrial design
registration that is reported by the said beneficiary.
(2) If, within three months following the summons provided for in the preceding
paragraph, the owner of the registered industrial design refuses or fails to bring the action
referred to in the said preceding paragraph, the registered licensee may institute them in his
own name, without prejudice to the right of the owner of the registered design to intervene in
the action.
TITLE VII
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 35
Continued Validity of Industrial Designs
Registered or Recognized Under
the Bangui Agreement of March 2, 1977
Under this Article, any industrial design registered or recognized under the Bangui
Agreement of March 2, 1977, and its Annex IV shall remain in force for the term specified in
that Agreement.
Article 36
Acquired Rights
(1) This Annex shall apply to applications for the registration of industrial designs filed
as from the date of its entry into force, subject to the rights acquired under Annex IV of the
Bangui Agreement of March 2, 1977.
(2) Applications for the registration of industrial designs filed prior to the date of entry
into force of this Annex shall remain subject to the provisions that were applicable on the
filing date of the said applications.
(3) However, the exercise of the rights deriving from industrial design registrations
granted under the provisions referred to in paragraph (2) above shall be subject to the
provisions of this Annex as from the date of its entry into force, subject to acquired rights,
which shall be maintained.
(4) Annex IV of the Bangui Agreement of March 2, 1977, is repealed.
[Annex V follows.]