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No. 22 of 2016]
Interpretation
2.
Industrial Design
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“Agency”means the Patents and Companies Registration
Agency established under the Patent and Companies
Registration Act, 2010;
“applicant” means a person who applies for registration of a
design and includes a person making any other formal
application in accordance with this Act;
“ARIPO” means the African Regional Intellectual Property
Organisation established by an agreement adopted at
Lusaka on 9 December, 1976;
“article” includes any substance, material, equipment,
machinery or apparatus whether affixed to land or not;
“artistic work” means work of any of the following
descriptions:
(a) paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings and
photographs irrespective of artistic quality;
(b) works of architecture, being either buildings or models
for buildings; or
(c) works of artistic craftsmanship not falling within
paragraph (a) or (b);
“assessor” means a person who is an expert in Intellectual
Property or any relevant field appointed by the Registrar;
“assignee” means a person who derives title to a design from
a proprietor;
“authorised person” includes a contractor, subcontractor, firm
or corporation who is authorised, in writing, to undertake
an activity for noncommercial purposes for or on behalf of
the Government;
“Board” means the Board of the Agency constituted in
accordance with the Patents and Companies Registration
Agency Act, 2010;
“child” has the meaning assigned to it in the Constitution;
“compulsory licence” means a licence granted by the Minister,
in accordance with, and for the purposes stated in, section
eighty-one;
“convention application” means an application for the
registration of a design from a convention country;
“convention country” means a country or an intergovernmental body which is party to the Paris Convention;
“corresponding design” in relation to an artistic work means
a design which, when applied to an article, results in a
reproduction of that work;