Functions of the Registrar
38.—(1) The Registrar shall,
(a) perform all functions relating to:
(i) the grant of patents and utility model certificates;
(ii) the registration of industrial designs, marks and collective marks;
(b) superintend and perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as are
conferred by this Order or the regulations made thereunder; and
(c) be responsible for the carrying out of studies, programmes or exchanges of items or
services regarding domestic and international industrial property legislation.
(2) Decisions of the Registrar shall be signed by the Registrar or an official designated
by him.
(3) The Minister shall determine the organizational structure and regulate all questions
concerning the financial and budgetary systems of the Registry.
Registers, Gazette
39.—(1) The Registrar shall maintain separate registers for patents, utility model
certificates, industrial designs and marks. Collective marks shall be registered in a special
section of the register of marks. All the recordings provided for in this Order shall be effected
in the said registers.
(2) The registers may be consulted by any person, and any person may obtain extracts
therefrom, under the conditions prescribed in the regulations.
(3) The Registrar shall publish in the Gazette all matters required to be published under
this Order.
Correction of errors, extension of time
40.—(1) The Registrar may, subject to any provisions in the regulations, correct any
error of translation or transcription, clerical error or mistake in any application or document
filed with the Registrar or in any recording effected pursuant to this Order or the regulations.
(2) If the Registrar is satisfied that the circumstances justify it, he may, upon receiving
a written request, extend the time for doing any act or taking any proceeding under this Order
and the regulations made thereunder upon notice to the parties concerned and upon such terms
as he may direct. The extension may be granted though the time for doing the act or taking
the proceeding has expired.
LESOTHO
Industrial Property Order, 1989 (Order No. 5 of 1989, as last amended by Act No. 4 of 1997)
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