iii 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. PART VII - INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS Regulation of designs Application for registration of industrial designs Filing date Examination of applications Registration of industrial designs Publication of details of industrial designs Donation of industrial designs Rights conferred by registration of industrial designs, etc Duration and renewal of industrial designs 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. PART VIII - GENERAL PROVISIONS Changes in ownership Form of licence contracts Recording and publication of licence contracts Rights of licensees Rights of licensor to grant further licences and to use the invention Surrender of patent or industrial designs Invalidation of patent or industrial designs Registrar to keep register Registers of patents and industrial designs Correction of errors Extension of time Publication in the Gazette Infringement Relief Criminal proceedings Legal proceedings by licensee Burden of proof Application of international treaties Regulations Administrative instructions Repeals Transitional provisions SCHEDULE SIGNED this 5th day of October, 2012. DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA, President. No. 10 2012 Sierra Leone Short title. The Patents and Industrial Designs Act, 2012. Being an Act to provide for the promotion of inventive and innovative activity and facilitate the acquisition of technology through the grant and regulation of patents and industrial designs and for other related matters. [ ] Date of com- ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled. mencement.