LAWS OF MALAWI
Patents
(Subsidiary)
Cap. 49:02
Patents Regulations
28.
The Registrar may extend the periods mentioned in regulations 25, 26 and 27 if
a request in writing for such extension is made at any time within the said
periods or extended periods.
29.
Proof of service of all notices, statements or other documents referred to in
these Regulations shall be furnished to the Registrar.
30.
(1) When the foregoing provisions of this Part have been complied with, the
Registrar shall hand all relevant papers to the registrar of the Tribunal.
(2)
Extension of time
under regulations
25, 26 and 27.
Proof of service of
notices, statements,
etc.
Supply
of
documents, etc., to
Tribunal.
Copies of all documents, other than Government specifications,
referred to in the notice of opposition or in any statement or evidence
filed in connection with the opposition shall be furnished for the use
of the Tribunal, unless the Tribunal otherwise directs.
PART V.
SUBSTITUTION OF APPLICANTS, ETC.
31.
(1) A claim under section 23(1) of the Act that an application for a patent shall
proceed in the name of the claimant or in the names of the claimant and the
applicant or the other joint applicant or applicants shall be made in form No. 13
and shall be accompanied by a copy of any assignment or agreement upon
which the claim is based, which copy shall be certified by the claimant, the
applicant or the agent of either of them as the case may be.
(2)
32.
Procedure under
section 23(1).
If so required by the Registrar the original assignment or agreement
shall also be produced for his inspection and he may also call for such
other proof of title or written consent as he may require.
(1) An application under section 23(5) of the Act by any party to a joint
application for the directions of the Registrar as to the name of the party, or the
manner in which an application for a patent shall be proceeded with, shall be
made in form No. 14 and shall be accompanied by a statement setting out fully
the facts upon which the applicant relies and the directions which he seeks.
(2)
A copy of the application and statement shall be sent by the Registrar
to each other joint applicant (the applicant shall supply a sufficient
number of copies for that purpose) and thereafter the Registrar shall
appoint a time for the hearing of the case and shall give the parties at
least fourteen days’ notice of the appointment.
(3)
After hearing the party or parties desiring to be heard or, if none of the
parties desires to be heard, then without a hearing, the Registrar shall
in accordance with section 23(5) of the Act give directions as he
thinks fit for enabling the application to proceed in the name of one or
more of the parties or for regulating the manner in which it shall be
proceeded with or for both those purposes, according as the case may
require.
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Procedure under
section 23(5).