TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PREAMBLE
- Article 1 - Adoption of the Industrial
Property Code
- Article 2 - Industrial property rights under
the previous law
- Article 3 - Processes stemming from the
National Institute of Industrial Property
- Article 4 - Watch Committee
- Article 5 - Amendments to the Code
- Article 6 - Repeal of prior legislation
- Article 7 - Entry into effect
- PART I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- CHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Article 1 - Adoption of the Industrial
Property Code
- Article 2 - Subjective scope
- Article 3 - Objective scope
- Article 4 - Territorial scope
- Article 5 - Content of industrial
property rights
- Article 6 - Proof of industrial property
rights
- Article 7 - Temporary protection for
compensation purposes
- Article 8 - Jurisdiction
- Article 9 - General grounds for refusal
- Article 10 - Publication of acts and
decisions
- Article 11 - Assignment of industrial
property rights - nature and forms
- Article 12 - Contractual licences
- Article 13 - Privileges and limitations
of the licensee
- Article 14 - Garnishment, attachment
and pledge
- CHAPTER II - PRIORITY RIGHT
- Article 15 - Priority claim
- Article 16 - Priority right
- Article 17 - First application
- Article 18 - Proof of priority right
- CHAPTER III - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
- Article 19 - Entitlement to file
- Article 20 - Entitlement to take action
- Article 21 - Applicant not domiciled,
registered or established in the Territory
- Article 22 - Access to the processes
- Article 23 - Printed forms and formal
documentary requirements
- Article 24 - Rectification of
application
- Article 25 - Rectification
- Article 26 - Recognition of signatures
- Article 27 - Notifications
- Article 28 - Copies of the expositions
- Article 29 - Compilation and return of
documents
- Article 30 - Inspections
- Article 31 - Unofficial amendment of
the decision
- Article 32 - Alteration of unessential
elements
- * Added by WIPO; also published in WIPO
website
- Article 33 - Documents appended to
other proceedings
- Article 34 - Delivery of the
title-deeds
- Article 35 - Counting deadlines
- Article 36 - Full restitution
- CHAPTER IV - FEES
- Article 37 - Fees due
- Article 38 - Forms of payment
- Article 39 - Calculation of periodic
fees
- Article 40 - Payment period
- Article 41 - Surcharge and revalidation
- Article 42 - Reduction of fees
- Article 43 - Refunding of fees
- Article 44 - Suspension of payment of
fees
- Article 45 - Rights belonging to the
Territory
- Article 46 - Use of the fees
- CHAPTER V - EXTINCTION OF INDUSTRIAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS
- Article 47 - General causes of nullity
- Article 48 - General causes of
annulment
- Article 49 - Procedure for a
declaration of nullity or annulment
- Article 50 - Effects of the declaration
of nullity or annulment
- Article 51 - General causes of
forfeiture
- Article 52 - Applications for a
declaration of forfeiture
- Article 53 - Renunciation
- PART II - INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
REGISTRATION
- Article 54 - Jurisdiction and purpose
- Article 55 - Register of approved agents
- Article 56 - Elements relevant to the
registration of rights granted
- Article 57 - Facts subject to
registration
- Article 58 - Initial steps and
formalities
- Article 59 - Access to the registers
- PART III - TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS
- CHAPTER I - INVENTIONS
- Section I - General Provisions
- Sub-Section I - Object of
Protection
- Article 60 - Subject matter of
protection
- Article 61 - Patentability
requirements
- Article 62 - Exceptions and
limitations to patentability
- Article 63 - Special cases of
patentability
- Article 64 - Biological processes
and biological matter - definitions
- Article 65 - Prior art
- Article 66 - Inventive step
- Article 67 - Industrial application
- Article 68 - Non-opposable
disclosures
- Sub-Section II - Patent
Entitlement
- Article 69 - Patent right
- Article 70 - Invention discovered
in the context of an employment contract
- Article 71 - Attribution of
entitlement to the invention
- Article 72 - Inventor's
remuneration
- Article 73 - Inadmissibility of
prior renouncement
- Article 74 - Most favoured regime
- Article 75 - Right of the inventor
to be named
- Article 76 - Application to public
entities
- Sub-Section III - The Patent
Procedure
- Article 77 - The form of request
- Article 78 - Description of
biotechnical inventions
- Article 79 - Additional elements of
the request
- Article 80 - Unity of request and
invention
- Article 81 - Multiple priorities
- Article 82 - Examination as to form
- Article 83 - Notice of disclosure
to the public
- Article 84 - Objections
- Article 85 - Examination report and
designated entities
- Article 86 - Examination of the
invention
- Article 87 - Examination report
request filed by a third party
- Article 88 - Rejection of an
examination report request
- Article 89 - Amendments to claims,
description or drawings
- Article 90 - Rectification
subsequent to the examination report
- Article 91 - Divisible applications
- Article 92 - Divisible application
following upon legal action
- Article 93 - Deadline and content
of the divisible application
- Article 94 - Access to deposited
biological material and substitution thereof
- Article 95 - New deposit
- Article 96 - Withdrawal of
application
- Article 97 - Partial granting
- Article 98 - Reasons for refusing
the patent
- Article 99 - Notification of grant
or refusal of patent
- Article 100 - Publication of the
pamphlet
- Sub-Section IV - Effects of the
Patent
- Article 101 - Scope of protection
- Article 102 - Inversion of the
onus of proof
- Article 103 - Duration
- Article 104 - Rights conferred by
the patent
- Article 105 - Limitation on the
rights conferred by the patent
- Article 106 - Non-contravention of
the patent
- Sub-Section V - Use of the Patent
- Article 107 - Indication of the
patent
- Article 108 - Loss and
expropriation of the patent
- Article 109 - Mandatory licences -
admissibility
- Article 110 - Mandatory licences -
general rules
- Article 111 - Mandatory licences
issued in the case of no or inadequate exploitation of the patent
- Article 112 - Interdependent
licences
- Article 113 - Public interest
- Article 114 - Application for
mandatory licences
- Article 115 - Cancellation and
reappreciation of the mandatory licence
- Article 116 - Notification and
appeal with respect to the granting, refusal or cancellation of licence
- Article 117 - Public tender for
the exploitation of an invention
- Sub-Section VI - Expiry of the
Patent
- Article 118 - Nullity of patents
- Article 119 - Partial nullity or
cancellation
- Section II - Utility Models
- Article 120 - Subject of protection
- Article 121 - Duration and renewal
- Article 122 - Indication of the
utility model
- Article 123 - Fees due for the
utility model
- Article 124 - Redemption
- Section III - The complementary
certificate for the protection of medicines and phyto-pharmaceutical
products
- Article 125 - Certificate request
- Article 126 - Examination and
publication of the request
- Article 127 - Duration of the
complementary certificate
- Article 128 - Extinction of the
complementary certificate
- Section IV - Extension of patents
granted abroad
- Sub-Section I - European Patents
- Article 129 - Extension of
European applications and patents
- Article 130 - Effects of the
European patent application
- Article 131 - Effects of the
European patent
- Article 132 - Original text and
translations
- Article 133 - Prohibition of dual
protection
- Article 134 - Extension and
renewal fees
- Sub-Section II - Other Patents
- Article 135 - Redemption
- CHAPTER II - SEMICONDUCTOR TOPOGRAPHY
PRODUCTS
- Section I - Subject Matter of
protection
- Article 136 - Subject matter of
protection
- Article 137 - Definition of
semiconductor product
- Article 138 - Definition of
semiconductor product topography
- Section II - Other Provisions
- Article 139 - Temporary limitations
on the exercise of the right
- Article 140 - Additional elements of
the application
- Article 141 - Grounds for refusing
to register a topography
- Article 142 - Duration
- Article 143 - Rights conferred by
registration
- Article 144 - Limitation on the
rights conferred by the registration
- Article 145 - Indication of the
registration
- Article 146 - Mandatory exploitation
licence
- Article 147 - Nullity of the
topography registration
- Article 148 - Partial nullity or
cancellation
- Article 149 - Referral
- CHAPTER III - INDUSTRIAL MODELS AND
DESIGNS
- Section I - Subject matter of
protection
- Article 150 - Subject matter of
protection
- Article 151 - Product definition
- Article 152 - Requirements for
registration
- Article 153 - Novelty
- Article 154 - Unique character
- Article 155 - Industrial models or
designs incorporated into components
- Article 156 - Exceptions to and
limitations on registration
- Article 157 - Disclosure
- Article 158 - Non-opposable
disclosures
- Section II - Right to register
industrial models and designs
- Article 159 - Right to register
- Section III - The registration
procedure for industrial models and designs
- Article 160 - Form of application
- Article 161 - Complementary elements
of the application
- Article 162 - Unity of application
and of registration of industrial model or design
- Article 163 - Multiple applications
- Article 164 - Examination as to form
- Article 165 - Notice of public
disclosure
- Article 166 - Opposition
- Article 167 - Examination report and
designated entities
- Article 168 - Examination of the
industrial model or design
- Article 169 - Request for
examination report by third parties
- Article 170 - Rejection of the
examination request and amendments - renunciation
- Article 171 - Rectification
following the examination report
- Article 172 - Divisible
applications, multiple priorities and withdrawal of application -
renunciation
- Article 173 - Grounds for refusing
to register a design or model
- Article 174 - Partial granting
- Article 175 - Notification of
granting or refusal of registration
- Section IV - The effects of
registration of industrial models and designs
- Article 176 - Duration
- Article 177 - Rights conferred by
registration
- Article 178 - Limitation on the
rights conferred by the registration
- Article 179 - Relationship with
copyrights
- Section V - The use of drawings and
models
- Article 180 - Indication of the
industrial model or design
- Article 181 - Inalterability of the
designs or models
- Article 182 - Alterations of details
of drawings or models
- Section VI - Expiry of registration
of industrial models and designs
- Article 183 - Nullity of the
registration of industrial models or designs
- Article 184 - Nullity of the
registration of designs or models
- Article 185 - Design or model
registration refused, declared null or cancelled
- Section VII - Prior protection of
industrial models and designs
- Article 186 - Subject matter of the
application for prior protection
- Article 187 - Deposit of samples or
reproductions
- Article 188 - Secrecy and archiving
- Article 189 - Form of application
for prior protection
- Article 190 - Proof of deposit of
samples
- Article 191 - Duration of prior
protection
- Article 192 - Rights conferred
- Article 193 - Lapse of prior
protection
- Article 194 - Conversion of the
prior protection application
- Article 195 - Registration
application for administrative acts or court action
- Article 196 - Fees
- CHAPTER IV - TRADEMARKS
- Section I - Subject matter of
protection
- Article 197 - Subject matter of the
trademark
- Article 198 - Linguistic
requirements
- Article 199 - Exceptions and
limitations to protection
- Article 200 - Collective trademark
- Section II - The right to register a
trademark
- Article 201 - Right to registration
- Article 202 - Free or unregistered
trademark
- Article 203 - Right to register
collective marks
- Section III - The trademark
registration procedure
- Article 204 - Unity of application
and registration of the trademark
- Article 205 - Registration for
products and services
- Article 206 - Forms of application
- Article 207 - Additional elements of
the application
- Article 208 - Priority right
- Article 209 - Examination as to form
- Article 210 - Publication of the
registration application
- Article 211 - Complaint and response
- Article 212 - Examination and study
of the proceedings
- Article 213 - Decision
- Article 214 - Grounds for refusal of
registration
- Article 215 - Reproduction or
imitation of the trademark
- Article 216 - Partial refusal
- Section IV - Effects of registration
of trademark
- Article 217 - Legal presumption of
registration
- Article 218 - Duration and renewal
of registration
- Article 219 - Rights conferred by
the registration
- Article 220 - Limits on the rights
conferred by registration
- Article 221 - Preclusion of action
by virtue of tolerance
- Article 222 - Relationship with
social styles and company names
- Section V - Use of the trademark
- Article 223 - Optional use of the
trademark
- Article 224 - Inalterability of the
trademark
- Article 225 - Indication of
registration
- Article 226 - Use of certification
trademark
- Article 227 - Assignment of the
trademark
- Article 228 - Limitations on
assignment
- Section VI - Termination of
trademark registration
- Article 229 - Nullity of the
trademark registration
- Article 230 - Annulment of the
trademark registration
- Article 231 - Forfeiture of
trademark registration
- Article 232 - Serious use of
trademarks
- CHAPTER V - NAMES AND EMBLEMS OF
ESTABLISHMENTS
- Section I - Subject matter of
protection
- Article 233 - Subject matter of
protection
- Article 234 - Establishment emblem
- Article 235 - Exceptions to
protection - renunciation
- Article 236 - Non-prohibited
constituent elements
- Article 237 - Forbidden or
conditional constituent elements
- Section II - Right to the name and
emblem
- Article 238 - Right to the name and
emblem
- Section III - Registration of the
name and emblem of an establishment
- Article 239 - Form of application
- Article 240 - Complementary elements
of the application
- Article 241 - Unity of application
and registration of the name and emblem
- Article 242 - Examination as to form
- Article 243 - Publication of the
application
- Article 244 - Subsequent formalities
- Section IV - Effects of registration
of name and emblem
- Article 245 - Duration of
registration
- Article 246 - Rights conferred by
the registration
- Article 247 - Relationship with
corporate styles and company names
- Section V - Use of the name and
emblem
- Article 248 - Indication of the name
or emblem
- Article 249 - Inalterability of the
name or the emblem
- Article 250 - Assignment
- Section VI - Annulment of
registration of name and emblem
- Article 251 - Annulment of name or
emblem registration
- Article 252 - Annulability of the
name and emblem registration
- Article 253 - Forfeiture of the name
and emblem registration
- CHAPTER VI - DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN AND
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
- Article 254 - Object of protection
- Article 255 - Registration application
- Article 256 - Grounds for refusing the
registration of designations of origin
- Article 257 - Duration of registration
- Article 258 - Indication of
registration
- Article 259 - Rights conferred by the
registration
- Article 260 - Relationship with
corporate styles and company names
- Article 261 - Annulability of
registration of designations of origin or geographical indications
- Article 262 - Forfeiture of
registration of designations of origin or geographical indications
- CHAPTER VII - AWARDS
- Article 263 - Subject matter of
protection
- Article 264 - Right to the
registration
- Article 265 - Registration application
- Article 266 - Items to accompany the
application
- Article 267 - Grounds for refusing the
registration of awards
- Article 268 - Effects of registration
- Article 269 - Restitution of documents
- Article 270 - Indication of awards
- Article 271 - Assignment
- Article 272 - Conditions under which
mention may be made of the awards
- Article 273 - Annulability of award
registrations
- Article 274 - Forfeiture of the
registration of awards
- PART IV - LEGAL RECOURSE
- Article 275 - Legal recourse
- Article 276 - Right to appeal
- Article 277 - Deadline for appeal
- Article 278 - Response-referral of
proceedings
- Article 279 - Citation by the opposing
party
- Article 280 - Request for technical
expertise
- Article 281 - Representation of the DES
- Article 282 - Appeal against the court
decision
- Article 283 - Publication of the final
decision
- PART V - MONITORING AND PENALTIES
- CHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Article 284 - Timing of supervision
- Article 285 - Competent bodies
- Article 286 - Seizure at points of
entry
- Article 287 - Unspecified
precautionary measures
- Article 288 - Commitment to inform
- CHAPTER II - UNLAWFUL ACTS
- Section I - Types of unlawful acts
- Article 289 - Violation of the
exclusivity of a patent or of the topography of semiconductor products
- Article 290 - Violation of exclusive
rights relating to designs or models
- Article 291 - Counterfeiting,
imitation and illegal use of trademark
- Article 292 - Sale, circulation or
concealment of products or goods
- Article 293 - Violation and illegal
use of designations of origin or geographical indications
- Article 294 - Industrial property
rights obtained in bad faith
- Section II - Other provisions
- Article 295 - Monitoring and
apprehension
- Article 296 - Fate of seize items
- Article 297 - Assistants
- Article 298 - Referral and
subsidiary right
- CHAPTER III - ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENCES
- Section I - Types of administrative
offences
- Article 299 - Illegal reference to
or use of awards
- Article 300 - Violation of name and
emblem rights
- Article 301 - Use of illicit marks
- Article 302 - Improper use of name
or emblem of establishment
- Article 303 - Mention or improper
use of private rights
- Article 304 - Lack of mandatory
trademark
- Section II - Sundry provisions
- Article 305 - Perpetrators and
responsible parties
- Article 306 - Determination of
administrative penalties
- Article 307 - Reduction or waiver of
penalties
- Article 308 - Repeated offences
- Article 309 - Notices
- Article 310 - Power to investigate
and penalize
- Article 311 - Payment of fines
- Article 312 - Liability for payment
of fines
- Article 313 - Prescription
- Article 314 - Destination of fines
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