Industrial Design
[No. 22 of 2016
47. A dispute arising between an employer and an employee,
in respect of a design created by an employee during the subsistence
of a contract of employment or service, shall be determined by the
court.
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Disputes
over design
by
employee
PART VII
INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF DESIGN
48. The Agency shall, in respect of an international application
for registration of a design, act as a receiving, designated or elected
office.
Role of
Agency
regarding
international
applications
49. (1) An international application for the registration of a
design shall be considered to be an application filed with the
Registrar and shall be processed in accordance with this Act and
regulations made in accordance with the Act.
Procedure
relating to
international
application
(2) An application for the registration of a design shall not be
treated as an international application by the Agency by reason
only of the application containing an indication that the applicant
wishes to obtain an ARIPO registration of a design, unless the
application separately designates Zambia for the national registration
of a design.
50. (1) A design registered by ARIPO, in accordance with
the Harare Protocol, shall have effect in Zambia in a like manner
as a design registered in accordance with this Act, except where
the Registrar communicates to ARIPO a decision, in accordance
with the Harare Protocol, that such a registration shall not have
legal effect in Zambia.
ARIPO
registration
of design
(2) Where a design is registered by ARIPO but the registration
is made without the communication required to be made by ARIPO
to Zambia in accordance with the Harare Protocol, or where the
registration precedes the communication by ARIPO, such
registration shall not have legal effect in Zambia.
PART VIII
REGISTRATION, TERM AND RENEWAL OF DESIGN
51. (1) Subject to this Act, the Registrar shall register a
design, pursuant to an application for the registration of a design,
made in accordance with this Act, on payment of a prescribed fee.
Registration
of design