“collective mark” means any visible sign designated as such in the application for
registration and capable of distinguishing the origin or any other common characteristic,
including the quality, of goods or services of different enterprises which use the sign under
the control of the registered owner of the collective mark;
“court” means the High Court of Lesotho established under section 2 of the High Court
Act, 1978;
“designate” has the same meaning as in the Patent Cooperation Treaty;
“designated office” means the national office of or acting for a state designated by the
applicant under Chapter I of the Patent Cooperation Treaty;
“elect” has the same meaning as in the Patent Cooperation Treaty;
“elected office” means the national office of or acting for a state elected by the applicant
under Chapter II of the Patent Cooperation Treaty;
“exploitation” means,
(a) in respect of a patented invention, any of the following acts,
(i) when the patent has been granted in respect of a product, the making, importing,
exporting, offering for sale, selling and using the products or stocking such products for the
purposes of offering for sale;
(ii) when the patent has been granted in respect of a process, using the process or doing
any of the acts referred to in sub-paragraph (i) in respect of a product obtained directly by
means of the process; and
(b) in respect of a registered industrial design, the making, selling or importation of
articles, incorporating the industrial design;
“industrial design” means any composition of lines or colours or any three-dimensional
form, whether or not associated with lines or colours, where such composition or form gives a
special appearance to a product of industry or handicraft and can serve as a pattern for a
product of industry or handicraft but does not include anything in an industrial design which
serves solely to obtain a technical result;
“international application” means an application filed under the Patent Cooperation
Treaty;
“International Classification” means the classification according to the Nice Agreement
of June 15, 1957, Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the
Purposes of the Registration of Marks as last revised;
“international filing date” has the same meaning as in the Patent Cooperation Treaty;
“international preliminary examination” has the same meaning as in the Patent
Cooperation Treaty;
LESOTHO
Industrial Property Order, 1989 (Order No. 5 of 1989, as last amended by Act No. 4 of 1997)
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