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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
1. An industrial design can be registered if it is new.
2. An industrial design is new if it has not been disclosed, in any place of
the world by a publication, or in Sao Tome and Principe by oral
disclosure, in use or any other way before the date of the deposit or, if
applicable, from the date of priority of the registry application. The
Article 3, paragraph 2, sub-paragraph (c) shall be applicable in the
same terms of this Article with the necessary adaptations.
3. The industrial designs against the good customs or to public order
shall not be registered.
Article 12
Application
1. The application for registry of an industrial design shall be deposited in
the National Service for Intellectual Property and shall contain the
application, a copy of the object incorporating the industrial design and
to indication of the kind of products for which the industrial design
should be used.
2. If the applicant is no the creator, the application shall be accompanied
of a statement that justifying the right of the applicant to the registry
of the industrial design.
3. Article 6 shall be applicable in the same terms of this paragraph with
the necessary adaptations.
4. While the application is pending, the applicant can withdraw it at any
moment.
Article 13
Registry Verification
1. The National Service for Intellectual Property verifies if the application
satisfies the requirements of Article 11 and of the regulation of
execution.
2. When the National Service for Intellectual Property understands that
the conditions mentioned in paragraph 1 are fulfilled, registers the
industrial design, publishes a mention of the registry and sends to the
depositor a certification of the registry.
3. The Director of Industry grants, as date of deposit, the date of
reception of the application as long as the deposit fee has been paid
and the application includes the name of the applicant and a copy of
the object incorporating the industrial design.
4. When the Director of Industry verifies that the conditions of paragraph
2 they are fulfilled he registers the industrial design, publishes a
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