Harare Protocol definition
Examples of Harare Protocol in a sentence
Patents, utility models and industrial designs are governed by the Harare Protocol on Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs of 10 December 1982 and its subsequent amendments, hereinafter referred to as the “Harare Protocol”.
The national patent system requires the filing of individual patent applications for each country for which patent protection is sought, with the exception of the regional patent systems such as the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) system, the Harare Protocol system established in the framework of the African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO), the Eurasian patent system and the European patent system.
After publication of the application of the regional patent under rule 19-bis of the Harare Protocol, in which Mozambique is a designated State, it shall benefit from the provisional protection in terms of article 67 of this Code.
An industrial design registered by ARIPO and of which Mozambique is a designated State, shall have the same effects as an industrial design registered under this Code, unless the IPI has notified ARIPO of a decision in terms of which the registration shall not be effective in Mozambique pursuant to rule 20 of the Harare Protocol.
Patent Offices of States party to the Harare Protocol, to the Eurasian Patent Convention or to the European Patent Convention which opt to close the national route are not involved in the processing of international applications designating such States.