A.155
Industrial
Property
Office
Copyright
Office
21. (1) The Industrial Property Office shall —
(a) process all applications made in terms of the Industrial Property Act;
(b) grant patents and utility model certificates;
(c) register industrial designs, marks and collective marks;
(d) register geographical indications, layout designs of integrated
circuits, acts of unfair competition, traditional knowledge and
handicrafts;
(e) administer granted patents and utility model certificates and
registered industrial designs, marks and collective marks;
(f) establish and maintain a journal of industrial property in which the
Industrial Property Office shall publish all matters that are required
to be published under Industrial Property Act;
(g) maintain separate registers for patents, utility model certificates,
industrial designs and marks and shall, in a section of the register
of marks created for that purpose, also register collective marks; and
(h) exercise any other powers —
(i) conferred on it by this Act or any other Act, or
(ii) which the Minister may by regulations prescribe.
(2) The Registrar shall enter in the registers under subsection (1) (g)
such particulars as are required by the Industrial Property Act or other
particulars that the Minister may prescribe under the Industrial Property
Act.
(3) Any person may, upon payment of the prescribed fee, and in
accordance with any conditions which may be prescribed, consult, inspect
or make a copy of, or obtain an extract from, any register established and
maintained under subsection (1) (g).
22. The Copyright Office shall —
(a) be responsible for all matters affecting copyright in Botswana;
(b) supervise the activities of the Copyright Society as provided for
under section 36A of the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act;
(c) maintain an effective database on copyright matters and on authors
and their works;
(d) maintain a register of works published in Botswana;
(e) issue a licence, prescribed by the Minister, for the operation of
the Copyright Society;
(f) design and issue the security device under section 35A of the
Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act;
(g) administer the fund established under section 35G (2) of the
Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act;
(h) be responsible for such matters related to copyright, as the Minister
may direct for the better carrying out of the purposes and provisions
of the Copyright and Neighbouring Act and this Act; and
(i) exercise any other powers —
(i) conferred on it by this Act or any other Act, or
(ii) which the Minister may by regulations prescribe.