assignment of these exhibitions shall be by a decision of the Minister of
National Economy.
Article No. 49:
If an application has been filed for obtaining a patent in one of the
countries that treats Libya reciprocally, those concerned, their legal
representatives or those who acquired the owners rights may file an
application for this invention in accordance with the Implementing
Regulations and the requirements and conditions mentioned in this
law, during a period of one year as from the date of filing the
application in the foreign country.
And with the exclusion from the provisions of Article (1) (b) of this law,
the patent application will not be affected by the publishing of the
patent description, its use or filing another application of it during the
period specified in the previous paragraph. The provision of this
Article applies to industrial designs or models, on condition that the
period shall be (6) months as from the date of filing the application in
the country of origin, and without prejudice to the provision of Article
(9).
Article No. 50:
The use of the invention in land, marine and airway transportation
means related to one of the countries that deals with Libya on
reciprocal basis shall not affect the rights of patent owner, in case of its
existence in Libya in a temporary or casual manner.
Article No. 51:
The provisions of this law shall apply to inventions and industrial
designs or models that are covered by legal protection when it is in
effect, on condition that the filing of application for the patent or the
registration of a design or model shall be during (2) years as from that
date, and the previous protection period shall be included within the
protection period that is provided by the provisions of this law.
Article No. 52:
The employees of the Office referred to in Article (3) shall not file, by
themselves or through others, applications for obtaining patents, or