Industrial Designs Act
ZambiaAct of Parliament2016
The Industrial Designs Act is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia enacted in 2016. It contains 126 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Industrial Designs Act and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Industrial Designs Act
- S. 1An application for the registration of a design made prior to the
- S. 2Any registration of a design, licence or contract made prior to the
- S. 3(1) The enactment of this Act shall not affect any proceedings
- S. 4Administration of Act
- S. 5Seal of Agency
- S. 6(1) The Registrar appointed in accordance with the Patents Registrar
- S. 7The functions of the Agency are to— Functions of
- S. 8The Board shall appoint assistant registrars, such number Appointment
- S. 9An examination, investigation or any act undertaken, in Non-
- S. 10Register of Designs
- S. 11Rectification of Register
- S. 12Inspection of register and evidentiary proof
- S. 13Regulations on registration processes and procedures
- S. 14Intellectual Property Journal
- S. 15A design shall be eligible for protection, by registration in
- S. 16Despite section fifteen, the following designs shall not be Designs
- S. 17(1) A design shall be considered new if no design, whose
- S. 18A design shall be considered to have individual character
- S. 19Proprietorship of designs
- S. 20Where copyright subsists in an artistic work and an Subsisting of
- S. 21An application for registration of a design, may be filed Persons
- S. 22(1) An application for the registration of a design may Application
- S. 23(1) An application for the registration of a design shall Filing of
- S. 24An application for the registration of a design, consisting
- S. 25An application for the registration of a design shall Contents of
- S. 26(1) An application for the registration of a design shall Filing date
- S. 27Where two or more persons, separately and independently, First to file
- S. 28Right of priority
- S. 29Right of priority by exhibition of design
- S. 30Application based on design of another person
- S. 31Refusal of application in certain cases
- S. 32Amendment of application for registration of design
- S. 33Postdating of application
- S. 34(1) The Registrar may, on the request made by an
- S. 35A person making an application for the registration of a Withdrawal
- S. 36The Registrar may, at any time before an application for Revocation
- S. 37Subject to this Act, an application for the registration of a Lapse of
- S. 38An applicant for the registration of a design or any other Filing of
- S. 39Examination for compliance with requirements
- S. 40Acceptance of application
- S. 41Publication of acceptance
- S. 42Inspection of application
- S. 43Opposition to registration of design
- S. 44Opposition procedure for registration
- S. 45Design created by employee
- S. 46Design created by Government employee
- S. 47Disputes over design by employee
- S. 48Role of Agency regarding international applications
- S. 49Procedure relating to international application
- S. 50ARIPO registration of design
- S. 51(1) Subject to this Act, the Registrar shall register a Registration
- S. 52(1) Subject to this Act, a registered design certificate shall
- S. 53The Registrar shall, as soon as practicable, publish, in a
- S. 54Restoration of design on Register
- S. 55Where the registration is restored as provided in section Rights of
- S. 56Exclusive rights of proprietor
- S. 57Nature of registered design right
- S. 58Joint ownership of registered design
- S. 59Limitations of registered design rights
- S. 60Infringement
- S. 61Non-infringement acts
- S. 62Right to commence proceedings for Infringement
- S. 63Remedies for infringement
- S. 64Order for delivery up
- S. 65Order for forfeiture, destruction and disposal
- S. 66Restrictions on recovery of damages for innocent
- S. 67Declaration of non-infringement
- S. 68Infringement proceedings where concurrent rights exist
- S. 69Affidavit evidence
- S. 70Groundless threat of infringement proceedings
- S. 71Application to cancel registration of registered design
- S. 72Cancellation of registration by order of Court
- S. 73Cancellation of registration of registered design in public
- S. 74Effect of cancellation of registration
- S. 75Prohibiting publication or communication of information
- S. 76Effects of directions on application
- S. 77Penalty
- S. 78Licence contract
- S. 79Refusal by Registrar to register licence contract
- S. 80Exclusive licence
- S. 81Compulsory licence
- S. 82Compulsory license granted under regulation
- S. 83Revocation of compulsory license
- S. 84The Registrar shall enter in the Register, a grant of a
- S. 85Where the Government requires, for purposes of public
- S. 86(1) Where the Government or an authorised person knows,
- S. 87(1) The extent and duration of the use of a registered
- S. 88Compensation of proprietor for use of registered design
- S. 89Manufacture and possession of die for use in commission
- S. 90Holding out as patent agent
- S. 91Offences by body corporate or unincorporated body
- S. 92General offences
- S. 93A person who contravenes any provision of this Act, where
- S. 94Subject to the other provisions this Act, where any Exercise of
- S. 95(1) The Registrar may sit with such number number of Registrar
- S. 96(1) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar Evidence of
- S. 97Subject to this Act, the Registrar shall, on the request of a Requests for
- S. 98If, due to circumstances beyond the control of a person, Extension of
- S. 99Where the Registrar is required in this Act to do any act or Registrar to
- S. 100(1) Where an aggrieved person appeals to the court, Registrar to
- S. 101(1) An advertisement or notice specified in this Act,
- S. 102Where a certificate, issued under the hand of the Registrar,
- S. 103(1) Any application, notice or document authorised or
- S. 104Monies necessary for the administration and implementation
- S. 105(1) The Registrar may impose an administrative penalty
- S. 106(1) Subject to this Act, where— Prescribed fee
- S. 107Despite section one hundred and six, the Registrar may, Waiver of
- S. 108(1) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, make
- S. 109The Registered Designs Act, 1958, is repealed. Repeal
- S. 110The transitional provisions set out in the Schedule apply Transitional
- S. IPRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
- S. IIADMINISTRATION
- S. IIISCOPE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTION OF DESIGN
- S. IVAPPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF DESIGN
- S. IXPROPRIETOR’S RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS
- S. VEXAMINATION, PUBLICATION AND OPPOSITION
- S. VIDESIGNS BY EMPLOYEE
- S. VIIINTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF DESIGN
- S. VIIIREGISTRATION, TERM AND RENEWAL OF DESIGN
- S. XINFRINGEMENT
- S. XICANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION OF REGISTERED DESIGN
- S. XIIPUBLICATION OR COMMUNICATION OF DESIGN RELATED TO DEFENCE AND SECURITY
- S. XIIICONTRACTUAL AND COMPULSORY LICENCES
- S. XIVEXPLOITATION OF REGISTERED DESIGN BY GOVERNMENT
- S. XVOFFENCES
- S. XVIGENERAL PROVISIONS