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((e) copyright;
((f) the rights deriving from a protected industrial design;
((g) the rights relating to the personality of a third party, in particular his patronymic
name, pseudonym or image;
((h) the name, image or repute of a local administrative unit.
Article 137
The nature of the goods or services for which the mark is intended may in no case be
an obstacle to the registration and validity of this mark.
Article 138
The mark, shall be optional, unless provided otherwise by legislation.
Chapter II
Right to the mark and procedure for filing and registering the mark
Section I Right to the mark
Article 139
Ownership of the mark shall be acquired through registration. The mark may be
acquired in joint ownership.
Article 140
The provisions of Articles 77 to 79 above shall apply to, trademarks and service
marks.
Article 141
Where a registration has been requested either fraudulently in respect of the rights of
a third party or in violation of a statutory or treaty obligation, any person who claims
to assert a right in the mark may bring legal proceedings for ownership.
Unless the applicant has acted in bad faith, the proceedings for ownership shall be
statute-barred three years after the date of entry of the mark in the National Register
of Marks referred to in the first paragraph of Article 156 below.
Article 142
Only marks which have been duly filed and registered by the Djibouti Office of
Industrial and Commercial Property shall qualify for the protection granted by this
Law, starting from their date of filing.
Registration of a mark shall give rise to the establishment of an industrial property
title known as “certificate of registration of a trademark or service mark”, filed and
registered in the conditions and forms prescribed in Section II of this Chapter.