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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
doubt.
2. To perform the functions of agent the following requirements are
essential:
a)
Be a Santomean citizen santomense over 18 and not being
inhibited of his civil and political rights;
b) Not to be inhibited of exercising the profession by final decision of
the Court;
c)
Have office in Sao Tome and Principe;
d) Have a graduation in engineering, law, or economy;
e)
Have been approved in the examination tests to which they will be
submitted before the National Service of Intellectual property.
3. The modalities of application of the exams and other questions
concerning to the recognition of agents, shall be further elaborated in
the Internal Regulation of Execution.
Article 29
Fees, registries and Official Gazette
1. a) By The several acts provided by this law are subject to the fees set
by Decree of the Government;
b) All fees shall be paid in cash, check or mail check with the
applications requesting the acts on the fees table, and shall be deemed
as income of the National Service of Intellectual Property;
c) The foreigners’ applicants and title-owners shall pay the fees in
exchange, which amount is calculated using the official exchange rate.
2. The National Service of Intellectual Property shall make the
publications provided by this Law in a special section of the Official
Gazette, which will have that exclusive purpose.
3. Any person can consult the registries and obtain certificates, under the
conditions set out by Regulation.
4. The National Service of Intellectual Property keeps separate registries
for patents, industrial models, marks and tradenames. The collective
marks are registered in a special section of the marks’ registry. All
and every inscriptions provided by this Law shall be inserted in said
registries.
Article 30
Correction of Errors
1. Without prejudice of the provisions of the Regulation, the National
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