No. 4907
Government Gazette 23 March 2012
Act No. 1, 2012
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INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ACT, 2012
Contempt of Tribunal
Rules of Tribunal
Appeals to Court
Expenses of Tribunal
PART 4
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
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Falsification of documents
Falsely representing industrial property rights
Improper use of words “industrial property office”
Deceiving officials
PART 5
GENERAL
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Application of international conventions
Hypothecation and attachment
Regulations
Administrative instructions
Application of Act
Repeals
Transitional provisions and savings
Short title and commencement
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Namibia, as follows:
CHAPTER 1
PRELIMINARY AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
PART 1
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
General definitions
1.
In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise –
“agent” means a legal practitioner practising in Namibia in accordance with the Legal
Practitioners’Act,
1995 or an agent entitled to practice as provided in Part 2 of Chapter 5;
“ARIPO” means the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation established in
Lusaka on December 9, 1976;
“bulletin” means the official bulletin of industrial property established in terms of
section 9;
“convention application” means an application in respect of which priority is claimed as
provided for in the Paris Convention, and as contemplated in respect of patents in section
29, in respect of designs in section 102 and in respect of trade marks in section 141;