“Director General” means the Director General of the Liberia Intellectual Property Office.
“Distribution” means the lawful placement into public circulation of the original or a copy of a work, a
fixation of a performance or a phonogram in tangible form through sale or other transfer of ownership,
including importing for the purpose of such putting into circulation and public offering for sale and other
transfer of ownership.
“Exclusive license” means a license granted to the effect that the licensor is bound to abstain from
granting any equivalent license to another person in Liberia and, to abstain from exploiting the licensed
industrial property right himself in Liberia.
“Exploitation” means any of the following acts:
(a) if the patent has been granted in respect of a product:
i.
ii.
making, offering for sale, selling and using the product.
importing such product for the purposes of offering for sale, selling or using the product;
(b) if the patent has been granted in respect of a process:
i.
using the process.
ii.
doing any of the acts referred to in item (a) in respect of a product obtained directly by
means of the process;
“Geographical indications” means indications which identify a good as originating in the territory of a
Member State or a region or locality, in that territory where a given quality, reputation or other
characteristic of the good is essentially attributable to its geographical origin;
“Harare Protocol” means the Protocol on Patents and industrial Designs within the Framework of ARIPO;
“Holder of an international registration” means a natural or legal person in whose name the international
registration is recorded on the International Register;
“Industrial designs” means a useful article which is ornamental (attractive) or aesthetic (visual/artistic). It
may consist of three-dimensional features such as the shape or surface of the article, or two- dimensional
features such as patterns, lines or color;
“International application” means an application to obtain registration of a mark under the Madrid
Protocol;
“International Bureau” means the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization;
“International Classification" means, as regards industrial designs, the classification according to the
Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs and, as regards
marks, the classification according to the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of
Goods and Services for the purposes of the registration of Marks, of June 15, 1957, as last revised;
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