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Designs
Any combination of lines and colours or both and any three – dimensional form whether or not associated with colours, if it is intended by the creator to be used as a model or pattern to be multiplied by industrial process and is not intended solely to obtain technical result.
The Procedure for Design Applications:
Grant of Design:
Once satisfied that the Design application is in conformity with all requirements the registration Certificate is issued, which states:
Rights Conferred by the Grant:
The right to preclude any other from doing the following:
GRF DESIGN SERVICES
G.R.F. Patent services apply to the following regional schemes.
OAPI (African Intellectual Property Organization): Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
Any combination of lines and colours or both and any three – dimensional form whether or not associated with colours, if it is intended by the creator to be used as a model or pattern to be multiplied by industrial process and is not intended solely to obtain technical result.
The Procedure for Design Applications:
- Written request with applicants full name and address.
- A specimen of the design.
- An indication of the kind of product for which the design will be used.
- A declaration.
- Signed Power of Attorney.
- Payment of prescribed fee.
- Other matters as may be required by the Registrar.
Grant of Design:
Once satisfied that the Design application is in conformity with all requirements the registration Certificate is issued, which states:
- The relevant number.
- Name and domicile of the registered owner.
- Dates of the design application and grant.
- Number and date of application where priority is claimed.
- Reproduction or representation of the design and an indication of the kind or class of products for which it will be used.
- Copy of specifications and a copy of relevant drawings and plans if any.
Rights Conferred by the Grant:
The right to preclude any other from doing the following:
- Reproducing the design in the manufacture of a product.
- Importing, selling or utilizing for commercial purposes a product reproducing the design.
- Holding such a product for the purpose of selling it or of utilizing it for commercial purpose.
GRF DESIGN SERVICES
- Conducting searches.
- Filing and prosecuting of Design applications.
- Oppositions.
- Attending to recording of Assignment, Merger, Change of Name or Address.
- Attending to licensing and recordals.
- Undertaking and payment of renewals.
- Watching services.
- Litigation support and general advisory.
G.R.F. Patent services apply to the following regional schemes.
OAPI (African Intellectual Property Organization): Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
