All correspondence or subsequent deposits of items which do not mention the deposit
number or are not accompanied, where appropriate, by proof of payment of the prescribed fee
shall be considered inadmissible.
3. The following shall be entered in the National Register of Layout-Designs of
Integrated Circuits, hereinafter referred to as “the Register,” for each deposit:
(1) the identity of the depositor, the deposit references and all the subsequent acts
affecting the existence or scope thereof,
(2) the acts amending in any way the ownership of the layout-design of integrated
circuits or the enjoyment of the rights attached thereto and, in the case of a claim of
ownership of the layout-design of integrated circuits, the corresponding assignation,
(3) changes of names, legal status or depositor’s address and also rectifications of
material errors affecting the entries.
4. The information mentioned under Article 3(1) of this Decree shall be entered in the
Register on the initiative of the body responsible for industrial property or, in the case of a
final judgement declaring the deposit void, at the request of one of the parties.
5. The acts mentioned under Article 3(2) of this Decree and amending the ownership of
a layout-design of integrated circuits or the enjoyment of the rights stemming therefrom, such
as assignment, the grant of a right of use, the assignment of a pledge or the surrender thereof,
seizure, validation and lifting of seizure shall be entered in the Register at the request of one
of the parties to the act.
6. Changes of names, address and legal status, and the rectifications of material errors
shall be entered in the Register at the request of the owner of the deposit.
However, where these changes and rectifications relate to an act previously entered in
the Register, the request may be made by any party to the act.
7. The Register entry file shall include:
— a written request for entry, in two copies,
— any document providing proof of the entry,
— proof of payment of the prescribed fee,
— the power of attorney, where appropriate.
8. The Minister of Industry shall be responsible for enforcing this Decree which shall
be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia.
Tunis, July 11, 2001.
Zin El Abidin Bin Ali
Note: Translation by the International Bureau of WIPO.
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