Negarit Gazeta -

No. 25 -

lOth May 1995 -

Page 217

2. Definitions
In this Proclamation, unless

the sontext

otherwise re­

quires:
1.	

"Court" means the Central High Court.

2.	

"Industrial Design" means any composition of lines
or colours or any three dimensional form whether or
not associated with lines or colours, provided that such
composition or form gives a special appearance to a
product of industry or handicraft and can serve as a
pattern 'for a produet of industry or handicraft.

3.	

"Invention"

means an. idea of an

inventor

which

permits in practice the soltuion to a specific problem
in the field of technology.
4.	

"Commission" means the

Ethiopian

Science

and

Technology Commission.
5.	

"Patent" means the title granted to protect

inven­

-rionsr fhemvention -may-relafe-w a product cra' pro­

cess.
6.	

"Patentee" means the owner of a patent or patent of
introduction .•

7.	

"Person" means physical or juridical person.

B.	

"Utility Model Certificate" means a certificate issued
to a minor invention which is fit for practical use.

9.	

"Working of a

Patented

Invention"

means

the

manufacture of a patented article or the application
of a patented process, by an

effective

and serious

establishment existing within Ethiopia.
CHAPTER TWO

PATENTS


Section 1

General

3, Patentable [mlentions
1.	 An invention is patentable if it is new,

involves an

inventive step and is industrially applicable.
2.	

An invention shall be considered new if it is not an­
ticipated hy prior art. Prior art shall consist of every­
thing disclosed to the public, any where in the world,
by publieanon in tangible form or by oral disclosure,
by use or in any other

way,

prior to the filling or,

where appropriate" the priority date, of the applica­
tion claiming the mverrtiori.
3.	

Notwithstanding

the

prOVIsIons of

sub-article

(2) of

this article the disclosure to the public of the inven­
tion shall not be taken into consideration if it occur­
red within 12 months preceding the filling date or.
where al,plicable, tile priority date, of the application.
and if it was by reason or in consequence of acts
committed bv the applicant or his predecessor ill
title or an ab~e commitlted hy a third party with reo
gard to the applicant or his predecessor ill title.

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