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Part 1 – Preliminary provisions
Art.3. Nationals of nonmember countries
of the International Union for the
Art. 1. This Law shall govern industrial
Protection of Industrial Property whose
property as an intellectual right while,
domicile or establishment is located
however, excluding literary and artistic
outside the Democratic Republic of Congo
property, for which there is special
may only benefit from this Law if
legislation.
Congolese
reciprocity of protection in the application
Industrial property right is defined as the
of the provisions of the Paris Convention
body
for the Protection of Industrial Property.
of
provisions
regulating
the
conditions and arrangements:
• for the grant and registration of the
nationals
benefit
from
Part 2 – Inventive activities
works covered in Article 2, paragraph 2;
• for the exercise of the right and
obligations relating to the use of these
Title 1 – Inventions
works; and
Chapter 1 – General provisions
• for the repression of unfair competition.
Art. 2. Industrial property shall be
protected
Art.4. Under the conditions and within
by
the
conditions
and
arrangements provided for in this Law.
the limits set by this Law, an invention
may be the subject of an industrial property
Inventions, industrial designs, distinctive
title called a “patent”.
signs, trade and geographical names as
well as signs may be the subject of an
This instrument shall confer on its holder
industrial property title called, depending
an
on the case, a patent or a registration
exploitation.
certificate.
Art.5. There shall be three types of
The discoveries referred to in Article 13
patents: invention patents, import patents,
may be the subject of a title called an
and improvement patents.
incentive certificate.
exclusive
right
of
temporary