31. (1) The Registration of United Kingdom Patents Act, the United Kingdom Designs (Protection) Act, the
Patent Rights (Limitation) Act 1968 and (in so far as they are in force in Nigeria) the Patents Act 1949 of the
United Kingdom and amendments thereof are hereby repealed.
(2) The transitional and saving provisions in the Second Schedule shall have effect notwithstanding
subsection (1) of this section or any other provision of this Act.
32. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- "court" means the Federal High Court;
"design" means an industrial design;
"design application" means an application for the registration of an industrial design;
"design owner" the arts the registered owner of an industrial design;
"foreign priority" has the meaning assigned by section 27 of this Act;
"import" means import into Nigeria;
"the Minister", except in Part II of the First Schedule to this Act, means Minister for Trade and Tourism;
"patent application" means an application for the grant of a patent;
"patentee" means a person to whom a patent has been granted;
"Register" means the Register of Patents, the Register of Industrial Designs, or both, as the case may require;
"Registrar" means the Registrar of Patents and Designs.
(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a numbered section or schedule is a
reference to the section or schedule so numbered in this Act.
33. This Act may be cited as the Patents and Designs Act.