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1. prohibit third parties from engaging in
the activities covered by the patent
consisting notably in:
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manufacturing the product which is
attached to patents and incentive
the subject of the patent concerned;
certificates
using, introducing into the national
territory, selling, offering for sale or
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putting on the market in another
form the protected product as well
as holding said product with a view
Art.47. Subject to Article 51, the right to
to using it or putting it on the
the patent or incentive certificate shall
market;
belong to the holder of the invention or
using or implementing, selling or
discovery or his successor in title.
offering for sale, the patented
process;
If an invention or a discovery has been
delivering or offering to deliver to a
made by several persons independently of
non licenseholder means with a
each other, the right to the patent or
view to the implementation of a
incentive certificate shall belong to the
patented invention;
person who first filed an application for a
2. institute proceedings in the courts
patent or incentive certificate for this
against anyone who infringes his rights,
invention or discovery or who validly
by
claimed priority for his patent application.
employing means covered by the patent,
or by displaying for sale or prohibiting
If an invention or a discovery is made in
on Congolese territory one or more
common by several persons, the right to
counterfeit goods.
manufacturing
products,
by
the patent or incentive certificate shall
belong to them jointly.
In any event, the author of an invention or
a discovery shall be entitled to be
Art.48. Subject to the provisions relating
mentioned as such in the patent or
to secret inventions and discoveries, the
incentive certificate. The same shall apply
patent holder shall be entitled to:
to each of the coauthors.