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The industrial designs filed after 50 shall
constitute a new numbering series.
Chapter 3 – Rights and obligations
attached to industrial designs
The provisions of Article 31 shall apply,
mutatis mutandis, to industrial designs.
Section 1 – Rights
Art.115. Once the filing has been
declared admissible, a certificate of
registration shall be issued to its holder or
Art.117. The provisions of Articles 47, 52
his successors in title in accordance with
and 53 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to
the procedures provided for in Article 33.
industrial designs.
Certificates of registration shall be
Art.118. If an industrial design has been
equivalent to title for industrial designs.
commissioned, the person who has placed
the order shall be considered, unless
industrial
otherwise specified, the holder provided
designs shall be published, in accordance
that the order has been placed with a view
with Article 60.
to industrial or commercial use of the
product
Nevertheless, it shall be possible for the
incorporated.
applicant, at the time of filing, to request
postponement of registration for a period
Without prejudice to what is stipulated at
of not more than 12 months, starting from
the end of the first paragraph of this
the date of filing or that of claiming of
Article, if the same order has been placed
priority.
jointly by two or more persons, they shall
be considered coowners.
Art.116.
Duly
registered
in
which
the
design
is
Art.119. Any owner of an industrial
design which has been duly filed and
registered or his successor in title shall
enjoy, for a period of five years which can
be renewed once, the exclusive right to
work or have worked, to sell or have sold