b) to submit proposals for the development and improvement of the legislation on industrial
property and to see that it is complied with;
c) to oversee the granting and protection of industrial property rights, with a view to boosting
fair competition;
d) to keep an uptodate register of the rights allocated and any alterations thereto, thereby
ensuring the continued existence of certified information and the evidence necessary for
resolving industrial property disputes;
e) pursuant to the law, to publish the deeds, decisions and other relevant documents relating
to industrial property;
f) to promote the disclosure of technological information with a view to stimulating a spirit of
creativity and innovation, as well as to adopt measures that will encourage the transfer of
technologies and the use of patents, by mobilizing a range of partners in public and private
sector teaching and research institutes, civil society and technological development and
innovation fundholders.
Article 6. The human, material and financial resources allocated to the Department of Industrial
Property shall be transferred to the IPI.
Article 7. The staff of the IPI shall be approved pursuant to the applicable legislation and shall be
subject to the General Statute of State Officials.
Article 8. The establishment of the structure defined in the Organizational Statute and the
transfer of personnel from the Department of Industrial Property to the staff of the IPI shall take
place within ninety days of the date on which the present Decree enters into force.
Article 9. The Minister with supervisory authority shall approve the regulations of the IPI within
ninety days of the date of publication of the present Decree.
Approved by the Council of Ministers, December 2, 2003.
Let it be published
The Prime Minister,
Pascoal Manuel Mocumbi