Article 4: Main branches of intellectual property
Intellectual property referred to in this law concern the following two main branches:
1° industrial property which applies to the exclusive right to use inventions, innovations or
utility models, product or service marks, industrial designs or models, trade names,
geographical indications, layout designs (topography) of integrated circuits and the right
to request the elimination of acts of unfair competition ;
2° copyrights and related rights which apply to literary, artistic and scientific works, to
performances of performing artists, phonograms, and wireless broadcasting .
SECTION 2: DEFINITION OF TERMS
Article 5: Definitions of terms applicable to industrial property
For the purposes of the provisions of this Law:
1° “act of unfair competition”: any act or practice which, in the exercise of industrial or
commercial activities, is unlawful or contrary to honest use;
2° “patent”: title issued to protect an invention;
3° “Utility model certificate”: title issued to protect a technical innovation or utility model;
4° “integrated circuit” : product, in its final or an intermediate form, in which the elements,
at least one of which is active, and all or part of the interconnections form an integral part
of the body or surface of a component which is intended to carry out an electronic
function;
5° “industrial design and model”: a design shall be any assembly of lines or colours, and
any plastic shape, associated with lines or colours or otherwise, shall be a model,
provided that this assembly or shape gives a special appearance to an industrial or craft
product and may serve as a model for the manufacture of an industrial or craft product;
6° “geographical indication” : indication which is used to identify the origin of a product
as from the province, region or an area of the country, in case where its quality,
reputation or any other particular feature of the product may be attributed essentially to
this its origin;
7° “invention”: idea of a creator “a creator of invention or inventor” which, in practice,
provides the solution to a particular technical problem. An invention may consist of, or
relate to, a product or a process;