23. If the term does not earlier expire in accordance with sections 35 to
37, the registration of an industrial design shall be valid for 5 years from
the date of application.
24. (1) Registration of an industrial design may be renewed for two
successive five year periods after payment of the renewal fees provided in
the rules.
(2) Renewal fees shall be paid within 12 months preceding the period of
termination of registration, nevertheless a period of six months shall be
allowed to pay any additional fees after the lapse of the legal period,
provided that any additional fees determined by the rules shall be paid.
(3) The Industrial Designs Office shall record renewal decisions and shall
publish them in such form as may be prescribed and within the period
specified by the rules.
Part Seven: Rights Conferred by Registration of Industrial Designs
25. Registration of an industrial design shall give the registered owner the
right to prevent others from doing the following:
(a) using the industrial design in manufacturing a commodity;
(b) importing a commodity produced in accordance with the design or
exhibiting it for sale or selling or utilizing it or reproducing it after
protection is acquired;
(c) keeping that commodity with the intention of exhibiting it for sale,
selling or utilizing it.
(2) The dealings mentioned in sub-section (1) shall not be lawful merely
because they accentuate minor differences in the protected industrial
design or because they relate to products other than by productions of the
industrial design previously mentioned.
26. (1) The rights conferred by registration of an industrial design shall
extend only to acts done for industrial or commercial purposes.
(2) The rights conferred by registration of an industrial design shall not
extend to protection of a commodity by using the protected industrial
design if the products have been lawfully sold in the Sudan.
Part Eight: Assignment and Transfer of Applications and
Registration of Joint Property Rights Conferred by Registration
27. (1) Application for registration of industrial design may be assigned or
transferred by inheritance.