LESOTHO
Industrial Property Order, 1989*
(Order No. 5 of 1989, as last amended by Act No. 4 of 1997)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
Part I:
Part II:
Part III:
Part IV:
Preliminary
Short title and commencement......................................
Interpretation.................................................................
Patents
Inventions......................................................................
Matters excluded from patent protection.......................
Patentable inventions ....................................................
Right to patent, naming of inventor...............................
Applications ..................................................................
Unity of invention; amendment and division of
applications ...................................................................
Right of priority ............................................................
Information concerning corresponding foreign
applications for patents or other titles of protection ......
Filing date, examination................................................
Grant of patent ..............................................................
Rights conferred by patent, ARIPO Protocol Patents,
exploitation by Government or other person thereby
authorized......................................................................
Duration, annual fees ....................................................
Non-voluntary licences .................................................
Invalidation ...................................................................
Utility Model Certificates
Applicability of provisions relating to patents ..............
Special provisions relating to utility model certificates
Conversion of patent applications or applications for
utility model certificates................................................
Industrial Designs
Registrable industrial designs........................................
Right to registration of industrial designs, naming of
creator ...........................................................................
Application....................................................................
Examination, registration of industrial designs .............
Rights conferred by registration, duration, renewal,
ARIPO Protocol Industrial Designs ..............................
Invalidation ...................................................................
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