Negarit Gazeta - No. 25 - lOth May 1995 - Page 217 2. Definitions In this Proclamation, unless the sontext otherwise re­ quires: 1. "Court" means the Central High Court. 2. "Industrial Design" means any composition of lines or colours or any three dimensional form whether or not associated with lines or colours, provided that such composition or form gives a special appearance to a product of industry or handicraft and can serve as a pattern 'for a produet of industry or handicraft. 3. "Invention" means an. idea of an inventor which permits in practice the soltuion to a specific problem in the field of technology. 4. "Commission" means the Ethiopian Science and Technology Commission. 5. "Patent" means the title granted to protect inven­ -rionsr fhemvention -may-relafe-w a product cra' pro­ cess. 6. "Patentee" means the owner of a patent or patent of introduction .• 7. "Person" means physical or juridical person. B. "Utility Model Certificate" means a certificate issued to a minor invention which is fit for practical use. 9. "Working of a Patented Invention" means the manufacture of a patented article or the application of a patented process, by an effective and serious establishment existing within Ethiopia. CHAPTER TWO PATENTS Section 1 General 3, Patentable [mlentions 1. An invention is patentable if it is new, involves an inventive step and is industrially applicable. 2. An invention shall be considered new if it is not an­ ticipated hy prior art. Prior art shall consist of every­ thing disclosed to the public, any where in the world, by publieanon in tangible form or by oral disclosure, by use or in any other way, prior to the filling or, where appropriate" the priority date, of the applica­ tion claiming the mverrtiori. 3. Notwithstanding the prOVIsIons of sub-article (2) of this article the disclosure to the public of the inven­ tion shall not be taken into consideration if it occur­ red within 12 months preceding the filling date or. where al,plicable, tile priority date, of the application. and if it was by reason or in consequence of acts committed bv the applicant or his predecessor ill title or an ab~e commitlted hy a third party with reo gard to the applicant or his predecessor ill title.