LAWS OF MALAWI Patents Cap. 49:02 (Subsidiary) Patents Tribunal Rules PATENTS TRIBUNAL RULES Under Section 81 PRELIMINARY 1. 2. G.N. 252/1957(F) 5/1964(M) 232/1965 166/1967 These Rules may be cited as the Patents Tribunal Rules. In these Rules, unless inconsistent with the context:“Office” means the Patent Office “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Patents Tribunal; “Tribunal” means the Patents Tribunal Citation. Interpretation. PARTI APPEALS 3. (1) Any person who desires to appeal to the Tribunal from a decision of the Registrar of Patents in any matter in which a right of appeal is given under the Act shall, within three months after the date of the decision, file with the registrar of the Tribunal a notice in form PT No. 1. (2.) A notice of appeal shall state the nature of the decision appealed against and whether the appeal is from the whole or part only and, if so, what part of the decision, and shall be accompanied by a statement in writing of the appellant’s grounds of appeal. (3.) The appellant shall send a copy of the notice of appeal to the Registrar of Patents and to any person or persons who appeared or gave notice of opposition in the proceedings before the said Registrar. (4.) The appellant shall be responsible for the preparation of the record which shall be certified by the Registrar of Patents as correct in terms of sub-rule (7). (5.) The Registrar of Patents as well as the parties or their legal practitioners shall endeavour to exclude from the record all documents (more particularly such as are purely formal) that are not relevant to the subject matter of the appeal, and generally to reduce the bulk of the record as far as practicable, and to avoid the production of unnecessary exhibits, taking special care to avoid the duplication of documents and the unnecessary repetition of headings, and furnish merely the formal particulars of documents, but the documents omitted to be copied shall be enumerated in a list to be placed after the index or at the end of the record. 69 Entry of appeal.