1° record the layout-design in the register of layout-designs, without examining the
originality, the right of the applicant to protection or the accuracy of the facts detailed in
the application;
2° publish a reference to the registration of a layout-design;
3° issue to the applicant a registration certificate for the layout-design.
Article 115: Withdrawal of layout-design from the register
Any interested person may request the removal of a layout-design from the register on the
grounds that:
1° the layout-design cannot be protected under paragraph 19 of article 5 and articles 108 and
109 of this Law;
2° the owner shall not be entitled to benefit from the protection under article 110 of this Law;
3° if the layout-design has been used for commercial purposes, anywhere in the world, before
the application for registration thereof is filed, this application has not been filed within
the period prescribed in paragraph 2 of article 108 of this Law.
If the grounds for withdrawal affect only one part of the layout-design, the withdrawal is
made only to the appropriate extent.
The request for withdrawal of the layout- design based on paragraphs one and 2 of this article
shall be filed with the competent tribunal in writing and shall be duly explained.
Any registration or part of a registration of a layout-design withdrawn shall be considered null
and void from the date on which the protection has taken effect.
The decision of the competent tribunal shall be notified to the empowered authority which
shall enter it in the register and publish an opinion relating thereto within a period of thirty
(30) days.
SECTION 5: PROTECTION RIGHTS, DURATION
Article 116: Rights granted
Subject to articles 118, 119, 129, 130, 131 and 132 of this Law, the acts below, which are
carried out without the holder’s authorization, shall be unlawful:
1° reproducing, either by incorporation in an integrated circuit or otherwise, the whole of the
protected layout-design or any part thereof, except the act of reproducing any part which
does not satisfy the requirement of originality referred to in article 109 of this Law;
2° importing, selling or otherwise distributing, for commercial purposes, the protected
layout-design, an integrated circuit in which the protected layout-design is incorporated or
an article incorporating such an integrated circuit, insofar as it continues to contain a
layout-design reproduced unlawfully.