A.21 PART XIII – Miscellaneous Provisions 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. Changes in ownership Licence contract Agents Correction of errors Exercise of discretionary powers Extension of time for applications Offences and penalties Appeals Application of international treaties Regulations Repeal of Cap. 68:03 Savings Act to bind State An Act to provide for the protection of industrial property in Botswana, giving effect to various international conventions, treaties and protocols to which Botswana is a party and for matters related thereto. Date of Assent: 26/04/2010 Date of Commencement: ON NOTICE ENACTED by the Parliament of Botswana. PART I – Preliminary 1. This Act may be cited as the Industrial Property Act, 2010 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, appoint. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — “ARIPO” means the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization; “Banjul Protocol” means the Banjul Protocol on Marks of 27th April, 1994 as last revised or amended; “basic application” means an application for registration of a mark filed with the Office under section 76; “basic registration” means the registration of a mark under section 80; “Budapest Treaty” means the Budapest Treaty of 28 April, 1977 as last revised or amended including the Regulations, on the international recognition of the deposit of micro-organisms for the purposes of patent procedure; “collective mark” means any visible sign belonging to a collective owner and capable of distinguishing the origin or other common characteristic, including the quality, of goods or services of different enterprises which use the sign subject to the control of that owner; Short title and commencement Interpretation