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SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
Service of Intellectual Property may invite the depositor to correct any
error of translation or of transcription, any material error or by
negligence found in any application or document deposited in the
mentioned National Service or in any inscription carried out according
to the provisions of this Law or regulation.
2. If the Director of Industry considers that the circumstances justify and
if that is requested in written, he may, under conditions determined by
him, extend the term granted to perform an action under the provisions
of this Law and regulation. For that purpose he shall notify the
interested parties. The term’s extension may be granted even if the
regular term has expired.
Article 31
Discretionary powers
Before exercising any of the discretionary powers granted by this Law the
Director of Industry shall give the parties in a procedure the possibility of
expressing their views.
Article 32
Competence of the Courts
1. The Courts are competent for any judicial action concerning
infringements to any of the rights of exclusive in the Articles 7,
paragraph 1, 14 paragraph 1, 18 and 19 paragraph 1, as well as for
any other judicial action relating to this Law.
2. Any decision issued by the National Service of Intellectual Property
under this Law can be appealed before Court.
Article 33
Infringements, illegal actions and felony
Any act mentioned in Articles 14 and 19 performed in Sao Tome and
Principe by any person other than the owner of the protection without his
consent is deemed to be infringement.
Article 34
Applicability of International Treaties
The provisions of any international treaty concerning Patents, industrial
models, collective marks and indications of source or appellations of
origin, of which Sao Tome and Principe is a party, are applicable and, in
case of divergence with the provisions of this Law they supersede the
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