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Industrial Property Act
2014
(2) The arbitration board shall hear interested parties and deliver
its ruling.
(3) Where the parties fail to agree on the appointment of the
chairperson, the chairperson shall be appointed by the Chief
Magistrate’s Court which has jurisdiction in the area where the
enterprise is located on the application of any party.
PART XV—SURRENDER, REVOCATION AND INVALIDATION
89. Surrender.
(1) The owner of a patent, utility model or an industrial design
registration certificate may surrender it to the registrar.
(2) The surrender may be limited to one or more claims of the
patent or utility model, or, in the case of industrial designs, one kind
of product or class of products.
(3) The surrender shall immediately be recorded in the register
and published by the registrar.
(4) The surrender shall only be effective after it has been published.
(5) If a licence is recorded in the register, surrender shall only be
registered upon the submission of a declaration by which the licensee
consents to the surrender, unless the licence has expressly waived the
right to consent in the licence contract.
90. Revocation or invalidation.
(1) An interested person may, in proceedings instituted by him
or her against the owner of a patent, or a registered utility model or
industrial design or in proceedings instituted against him or her by the
owner, request the court to revoke or invalidate the patent, utility
model or industrial design registration.
(2) An interested person may, within twelve months from the
date of publication of the grant of a patent, utility model or an
industrial design, request the court to revoke or invalidate the patent,
utility model or industrial design registration.
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